We’re waiting out our last few days here on the Coromandel Peninsula as the wind whips around little Motui island and lashes at us in our hidey hole.  We’d like to be moving on by now, but it’s been feast or famine wind-wise lately and right now it’s dishing out more than we care to stomach.  But we have a thin trickle of internet connection here behind our rock, so here are some more pics of our recent Coromandel activities.

When we came to Motui Island the first time, the weather was much more tranquil.  We arrived in fine form after finally enjoying the first sail of the season.

We found a picturesque anchorage with many piebald shags, young and old, standing sentry.

When the winds threatened to back around to the west we moseyed over to the other side of the island.

We’ve been putting our time at anchor to good use tackling a number of the items on the to-do list:

like unstopping the stopped up fridge sump pump

greasing the jib furler…

 

doing some sail mending,

 

 

kluging up a spinnaker sprit from a boatyard dumpster mast,

making some respectable sheet bags (that will also fit a sheet head, if needed),

putting eye splices in our parachute anchor lines (in case the kaka hits the fan some day)

and improving our offshore harness accessories, including our very own individual locator beacons (we used to share one and swap it at the beginning of each watch), a pocket for the light, leg straps, and mini air horns (Nicole and Aaron’s idea, thanks guys!).

Though we’re eager to move on we’ve learned we have to go with the flow out here, so we’re not too impatient.  We feel the pressure building for the big trip home but for now life’s pretty relaxing and we’re trying to savor it.