Ungrounded
09 July 2018 | Fanny Bay, Darwin
Monday 9 July 2018
Locked out of Tipperary and motored around to Fanny Bay for the night. Noticed two things right off: breeze comes through hatches to keep the cabin cooler and the floor moves around a lot. Must have something to do with boats and waves. Seem to remember this from a year and a half ago before we started virtual dirt-dwelling. Perhaps the Indian Ocean will be completely flat for four months and this won't be an problem.
Someone may have inferred that we used the engine rather than sails to get anchored. As sailors we try to avoid this sort of thing, but wind was very light and on the bow for most of the hour ride. Having biked, yoga'd, shopped for boat bits, contracted to have water heater plate/element remediated and finished securing innumerable, accumulated, potential flying objects, decided to bag shakedown efforts until tomorrow. Beginning happy hour early seemed a more appropriate activity for the balance of day into evening. Upon arrival wind picked up to nearly 20kts. This likely contributed to the floor issue.
Jack