THE gale blew all yesterday and overnight from the northwest, so when we woke this morning, the water had been blown out of the Bay and we were hanging off our mooring lines, heeled over at 10°.

We got up at 0530, just as it was starting to get light (yay spring) and added fore and aft breast lines, which we rarely use, since they run straight out perpendicular to the boat and can only stop you moving directly away from the pier. There’s still a lot of tension on the bow and stern lines (you could walk on them) but we should be secure until the water comes back.