High Tides of September
September 29th (Sunday) Well, the wind continued through the night, its intensity gradually increasing until we were back up to our repetitive 30 - 40 knot gusts by 05:30. Because it was lighter winds to start with, and also because we were more tired than the night before, we did manage to sleep. On and off we seemed to manage to catch broken two-hour chunks of sleep, so that was much better than the night before. We were up early again listening to the gusts and watching them rip across the water, tossing up spray as they went. Some of the stronger gusts over the last few days have caught our boat and thrown her tight against the anchor chain, continuing to push on her they have heeled her over to a point that we have actually had some items fall off of our shelves. We remained at home until the gusts lessened to around 25 knots, and then went to the hot springs. We did not want to inflate our kayaks in the wind, and it would also have been quite hard to paddle them in the gusts...