Still raining.
02 February 2012 | Vuda Point Marina, Fiji
Still raining with no let up in sight.
Well, it's still raining. I haven't measured our bucket but will later when it stops raining. The storm is coming in from the northwest with a 100% chance of rain today according to the weather man out here. Gee tough call. We did see a bit of blue sky for a few minutes last evening and even three stars on our walk back to Zephyr after the cruisers Thursday night pizza night get together. Every Thursday, all the cruisers(or just about all the cruisers) get together at either "First Landing"(a resort next door to the marina) or "The Boat Shed, the main restaurant here at the marina for fun, food(and drink of course) and to swap stories. We tend to swap back and forth between the two restaurants. Fun to get out of the boat during the rain that just keeps on coming and to talk to each other. Being boat bound during these storms get old.
Yesterday afternoon, during a break in the rain, I had George(manages all the boats in the marina) come over in his dingy and we restrung line off the starboard forward side of Zephyr so we had one long line instead of a gaggle of three lines all tied together. The last setup had the line ending where it comes through the side at the bow. There was a knot there that wouldn't allow us to pull in on the line as the hole through the side was too small. Now we can easily put the line on the windlass and crank it in pulling Zephyrs stern away from the concrete walls of the marina. We will leave the lines a bit loose during the day so we can pull Zephyr back to be able to get off from the stern. Not close enough to hit the wall but close enough to allow us a way to get off. In the evening, once we know we won't be getting back off, we'll pull in the lines at the bow just to make sure we have plenty of clearance at the stern. We like our rudder as well as our Hydrovane and want to keep them in one piece.
So here we continue to sit waiting for a break in the weather. When we do get a lull in the rain, we have been leaving for at least a walk to get some exercise and fresh air. Cabin fever sucks.
Post script: the rain let up for a few minutes and I ventured out to check the rain bucket. Just about 9 inches of rain since Monday(it's Friday now here). better than two inches a day! Now that's rain!