April 10 - Monsoon!
09 April 2009 | Hiva Oa, Marquesas
George and Sue Stonecliffe
April 10 was supposed to be water replenishment day. Careful what you ask for! It rained off and on all day. We collected rain water from tarps on board the boat. And we collected water at a spicate on shore. Probably 150 gallons in all. But the fun started after a social gathering on board another boat sv Thumbs Up. When we left, we were motoring back to Julia Max. And the wind was picking up. We had a bow and stern anchor set. The strong winds were coming from the stern, weaker anchor, and we were slowly dragging the stern anchor. After dropping Sue off at Julia Max, for the next three hours, I was in the dinghy with our 8-hp Mercury resetting stern anchors for us and another boat, using the dinghy as a tug pushing the mother boats around, and realigning boats. The man in the boat next to us was in my dinghy helping and directing what we should do next. This was all in a constant downpour for three hours. Now that's a freshwater washdown! What brought the weather on naturally was Sue was trying to do laundry on board, drying clothes on the life lines. Didn't happen!