Beautiful Deal Island

The bad weather is gone, temporarily. We explored the west coast and north coast of Flinders Island in the quite period after the gale. Roydon Island was our best liked anchorage so we returned there for some quiet time before hopping over to Deal Island. We are now in beautiful Winter Cove on the east side of Deal. The rocks and mountains are majestically here.

Blowing a gale

We're exhausted. The onslaught of noise from the wind on our sanity is tremendous. In the last 36 hours we had one hour relieve from the 70 -90 km/h winds. For a time it gusted regularly to a screaming 100km/h. In the reprieve period it went down to 50-65 km/h. The rain flies horizontally. We're waiting out this bad wet weather in Lady Barron, Flinders Island, Tasmania. It is a strong tidal port. Many hours we are broadside between the current and strong wind. Then we sail zigzag behind the mooring, canting heavily. According the forecast it would continue for at least 24 hours more. We are at this moment in a period of screaming 100km/h winds again. And on the weather map the tropical cyclone Dianne is charging down south on the west coast of OZ and will bring more of this bad weather in the following days for us. I guess we are experiencing what Tasmania is associated with - the Roaring Forties. We are well. Mylady is a tough girl. Eelco is completing the insulation project and I pray.