Sunrise on Friday, January 16

As soon as we all woke up, Eric said he’d had a bad night wanted to move to a less stressful location. It was high tide, and since the tide would be going down, we needed to move ASAP. We quickly got the dinghy up and the boat ready to go. The snubber had gotten twisted again, and Eric noticed that it was beginning to fray at the base. We pulled up anchor at 0730. We had a hard time getting the anchor properly seated in place on the bow. The anchor swivel was getting worse. Eric thinks it’s likely getting because there was sand in it. Lubricating it was still on the to-do list. 

There was a solid one-knot of current in the narrow, shallow pass. Worried about how the autopilot would perform, Eric hand steered us through the narrow spots. Even though the tide was falling, he felt safe because we were following the same track out that we’d taken in, and he knew it was deep enough at that moment. 

We went to Blackpoint, which took about 2.5 hours. It was rolly in the anchorage, so we put the out the port flopper stopper right away. The wind was forecast to calm down and change directions soon, and when it did, the anchorage would be calm. After we arrived, Eric took a long nap. At about 1415, we got the dinghy down and went to shore. As predicted, the waves in the anchorage had slowly but steadily calmed down, and by the time we headed to shore, conditions were pleasant. 

We docked at the public dinghy dock. In addition to a couple of sharks, we also saw a turtle. We had lunch at the Lorraine’s by the road. While Keith was pretty much over his cold, he wasn’t feeling particularly energetic. He also had a mild residual cough.