The tsuanmi was a bit of an event here.

A 7ft wave eventually entered the harbour with no damage ashore or afloat.

Initially the authorities got it arse about, denying any vessel the right to leave harbour. Within 30 minutes sense prevailed and a presidential decree ( no less) ordered every boat to leave, and to rendevous in a zone 5 miles offshore and greater than 200 metres deep. Bit of an overkill. We were all anchored in water deeper than 10 metres anyway.

We held off leaving for 5 hrs, but after the navy left and we were on our pat malone with a visibly nervous port captain huffing about, we put to sea ie, just outside the entrance and joggled up n down until we were all allowed in at 1900 hrs. Understandable but extremely tiring when we'd just got in the day before, had been onboard for about 2 weeks without going to shore, and were stir crazy.

For another hr or so the depth rose by up to 1.5 metres every 20 mins or so as minor surges followed. Though it only caused flooding and inconvenience, about a 7 foot rise in water.

Anyway started exploring today, walking plans tomorrow. Unfortunately, free onboard internet not working at the moment, so we're using sailmail via the sat phone (expensive) or internet cafe (very slow). so use VLV sailmail address to find us these days.