{"id":4008,"date":"2016-02-20T16:26:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2016-02-20T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T16:26:29","slug":"gales-on-gales-with-gales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=4008","title":{"rendered":"Gales on Gales with Gales…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can someone PLEASE turn off the wind?? \u00a0I’m not sure what is worse: the buffeting about or the noise. \u00a0Have you ever lived with \u00a0howling wind for a full month, nonstop?? \u00a0It sounds like the hounds of hell riding straight through me. \u00a0Sometimes at night it\u00a0sounds like horses galloping right on the deck above our heads, and that makes me think of those awful wraith things in Peter Jackson’s Tolkien trilogy.<\/p>\n

On the bright side, this boat sure is sturdy. \u00a0It has taken all the wind being hurled at it with a fair degree of grace. \u00a0On old Pandora<\/em> we would have been heeling at anchor or at dockside. \u00a0New Pandora<\/em> seems to take all this in stride and stays quite stable.<\/p>\n

We had a rip roaring sail from Nassau to Over Yonder Cay on Thursday. \u00a0Bob loved it, and I tolerated it. \u00a0The wind was behind our beam (the mid-section of the boat) which makes for a pretty comfortable point of sail. \u00a0But the consistent 28 mph winds with higher gusts did not make it an easy day for me. \u00a0At least I did not get seasick, but I certainly could not do any handwork. \u00a0In all that wind, which was gusting over 30 mph quite often, new Pandora<\/em> only heeled about 10-12%….amazing!<\/p>\n

The day before\u00a0we motored to Nassau in flat waters, about 60 miles from Great Harbour Cay in the Berries. \u00a0Bob did some quick provisioning at the American-style Fresh Market before we went out to dinner at Luciano’s<\/a>, which has now become a tradition for us when we have to stop in Nassau. \u00a0Neither of us likes to stop in Nassau. In my case I’d say that arriving by boat in a large city is just not as appealing as arriving in a small town, or better yet, a remote location. \u00a0Cities just have too much hubbub for the cruising life style….but maybe that’s just me. \u00a0Nassau also has seen more crime in the past couple of years, which puts me on my guard.<\/p>\n

The sail from Nassau to Over Yonder Cay was about 75 miles, and new Pandora<\/em> raced here with speeds ranging from the high 8’s to mid 10s (mph). \u00a0This is a lot faster than any of our previous boats. \u00a0Bob just loved it…<\/p>\n

Here is Pandora looking good on the dock at Over Yonder.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday in the latest gale, I stayed onboard all day and tried to be creative. \u00a0I made bread and yogurt. \u00a0The yogurt was my first attempt since back in the 70s when I had one of those electric yogurt makers by Salton–do you remember those? \u00a0Yogurt is not something easily found in the Bahamas, and milk will get scarcer and scarcer until there is none at all in Cuba, so I thought I’d attempt making it again, this time\u00a0with irradiated box milk. \u00a0I was pretty convinced that it would not work, but voila! \u00a0It did!<\/p>\n

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I also spent much of yesterday going over the chapters I’ve put together for the Archie Brennan book. \u00a0I know I never talk about it, and everyone must assume by now that it’s a defunct project. \u00a0But I’ve been lurching along, and it is starting to shape up into something. \u00a0I am still quite smitten with this project, and there has actually been some very good progress–in my humble opinion!<\/p>\n

I realize now I haven’t mentioned that I’ve worn my acid green t-shirt, newly adorned with tatting, a couple of times! \u00a0No one has commented on it–surely that’s a lack of boaters’ understanding anything about handwork, and not that it’s not adorable<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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This is more accurate color.<\/p>\n

\"1-IMG_2067\"<\/a>\u00a0 I made quite a bit of progress of my newest tapestry before I decided to UNweave all of it. \u00a0I’ve started again and am almost back to where I’d been when I decided to start over. Sheesh…<\/p>\n

There is a lot going on at Over Yonder Cay even when there are no guests staying here. \u00a0Everyone works very hard to keep this place going–and to keep it being one of the most stunning spots anywhere.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yesterday the mail boat arrived with lots of provisions…. the food must have come from the US because I’ve never seen so many beautiful vegetables and fruits in all of the Bahamas. \u00a0The produce\u00a0came in crates! \u00a0A crate each of asparagus, mangoes, lemons and limes, cauliflower….<\/p>\n

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Then a seaplane arrived with a number of other provisions, including some kind of big pneumatic drill thingy…. It landed in the water right near us and drove up a ramp to stop right next to us onshore! Customs and Immigration arrived to make sure that everything had been properly invoiced. \u00a0Hmm…<\/p>\n

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We invited the couple we met two years ago, Ethan and Jaime, to come for dinner last night. \u00a0This time they brought their newborn son with them. \u00a0What a thrill to hold a baby after so many years. \u00a0He is a beautiful baby, and so mild mannered. \u00a0He let me hold him with barely a whimper at leaving his mom’s arms. \u00a0Jaime’s mother is visiting the island right now from her home in Long Island. \u00a0I enjoyed talking to her, Long Island being just the tip of the iceberg of what we have in common ! \u00a0I hope we will see her again sometime in our own stomping grounds. \u00a0It was a very enjoyable evening for Bob and me.<\/p>\n

This is a terrible photo, but I have to share it…. there is nothing like holding a baby!<\/p>\n

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Today we will take a walk around the island and then have dinner in the pavilion where we had a meal two years ago with Rob and Kandice. \u00a0I’m looking forward to that, especially if the winds die down as they are supposed to do. \u00a0And I’m hoping to see a lovely sunset (the pavilion is on the western side of the island with a lovely beach) without having my eyelashes ripped off. \u00a0Ever hopeful..<\/p>\n

I’ve been making good progress on the second little tatted trim. \u00a0I had initially thought I would put it on a periwinkle, boat neck t-shirt I have with me, but I don’t think the color changes in the tatting thread work as well as I initially thought. \u00a0I have a lime green linen tank top onboard that I think will better. \u00a0So that’s the plan for now.<\/p>\n

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I’m a bit tempted to raid the fine cotton threads I brought with me to give to the bobbin lace maker in Cuba. \u00a0I’d like to try tatting on a smaller scale. \u00a0I’ll try to resist that temptation.<\/p>\n

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