At anchor in Kekova Roads - 11th October
Today we're mopping up after three days of torrential rain and wind - one heavy shower after another.
Yesterday evening just before dark a sudden squall hit us with a ferocious 50 knot blast that sent the boat heeling right over. The visibility went to zero and raindrops came at us like bullets. We got soaked to the skin and thoroughly chilled standing in the cockpit with the engine on in case the anchor dragged. It proved a good call to have put 35 metres of chain out in 3.5 metres of water as the anchor held fine. Twenty minutes later and it was all over. We poured ourselves a generous gin and tonic each to celebrate coming out of it unscathed.
Then in the early hours of this morning, another squall came over. This one was a feeble 35 knots - hardly worth getting out of bed for, we reckoned. Although our storm was nothing like as bad as the tornado that hit Vlicho recently, it's left us feeling a bit rattled. It's still unsettled today and the barometer's yet to show a rise, so we keep anxiously scanning the clouds for anything threatening that might hit us again.
Annoyingly, the rain's left a layer of red dust everywhere on deck and it found its way through the dorade vents to drip down below.
Today we're mopping up after three days of torrential rain and wind - one heavy shower after another.
Yesterday evening just before dark a sudden squall hit us with a ferocious 50 knot blast that sent the boat heeling right over. The visibility went to zero and raindrops came at us like bullets. We got soaked to the skin and thoroughly chilled standing in the cockpit with the engine on in case the anchor dragged. It proved a good call to have put 35 metres of chain out in 3.5 metres of water as the anchor held fine. Twenty minutes later and it was all over. We poured ourselves a generous gin and tonic each to celebrate coming out of it unscathed.
Then in the early hours of this morning, another squall came over. This one was a feeble 35 knots - hardly worth getting out of bed for, we reckoned. Although our storm was nothing like as bad as the tornado that hit Vlicho recently, it's left us feeling a bit rattled. It's still unsettled today and the barometer's yet to show a rise, so we keep anxiously scanning the clouds for anything threatening that might hit us again.
Annoyingly, the rain's left a layer of red dust everywhere on deck and it found its way through the dorade vents to drip down below.
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| A sign that the worst is over? |
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