Date: 5/2/2015 Time: 2000 NZDST Position: Bounty Haven
Oh how it has rained over the last three days and the temperature has dropped. The sky suddenly cleared an hour ago so we went topside to see the clouds lifting off the snow capped peaks around us. The sound and sight of many waterfalls pervade the atmosphere of the bay. We then spotted a pod of dolphins herding fish around the bay.
We have been here in Bligh Sound, storm bound since Sunday and hope to sail to our next Fjord called George Sound as soon as the winds and seas abate, perhaps Sunday. We have enjoyed fish for dinner every second night and it only takes 10 minutes for the right size fish to select our baited hook. We have been doing lots of reading and we set up the sewing machine and made a new rain catching awning, a back hatch cover, a chart bag and a new cover for the life ring. The clouds of sandflies wait patiently at the companionway for us to emerge but when we do the dettol and baby oil mix deters their feasting on our blood. The cloud of sandflies follow us around on deck hoping to find a way through the vapour to get at us.
We hope to go for another kayak to explore further a field tomorrow in the sunshine?
All is well(and a little damp)on board. Wayne and Kathy
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