'Sitting at the dock of the bay'... Is starting to ring through my mind. We are still here at the boat yard. They were busy with a couple of other boats...one that was damaged in last nights storm. When we went to bed we could tell that there was some unsettled weather coming. Our hatches were opened and closed several times as the rains came and went. Then, at some point in the evening, the wind and rain picked up significantly. We later learned that they measured 50 knots just outside the channel. We were solid on the dock but our friends on Tanda Malaika were at anchor in the harbour. As we watched the horizontal rain out our back door, we were hoping that they were ok. I turned our radio on just in case they were having trouble. The boat next to us that was just brought out of the water was having a bit of trouble with their canvas. No one was on board but their canvas top decided to break a support and the whole until was flapping violently in the wind, braking a hole in the top and scratching the fibreglass. It's a large motor yacht and I had sized it up to see if I could secure it for them...but it was two stories
The mom from Tanda Malaika called Kerry in the morning to see is he could assist. Their anchor bridle had broken in the storm and they needed a hand. She was alone with 3 of her kids at the time. All was well, Kerry helped and the store in town is set to deliver brand new lines tomorrow. Her husband just went away...just in time for the storm.
We all joined once again for driveway ice cream and Papa Scoops. We are starting to become familiar in town. As we were walking the employee hollered from her golf cart...'are ya coming tonight?' Of course! We wouldn't miss it. It was a fun walk home. The kids enjoyed skateboarding down the hills. Dylan was even thrilled to have a go!
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