Yesterday a sail boat which had left the anchorage the day before put a May Day distress call out on the radio about 1am and a lot of people were involved in an extensive search and rescue operation including planes from New Zealand. Unfortunately they have not been able to find the two men that were on the yacht just a lot of wreckage from the boat. The life preserving aids were found unused and the dinghy is still missing so the search is continuing today. It was not a World ARC boat.
It makes you painfully aware how vulnerable you are in rough weather and you do need to take sensible precautions like wearing life jackets at all times in bad weather. The yacht involved was a standard charter boat so not built for ocean cruising like Trompeta in which we place our trust.The weather forecast had predicted strong winds for Thursday and Friday so we chose to remain in the anchorage until the system passed over. Our plan is to leave on Monday when the weather will be back to normal trade winds of 15-20 knots which is ideal for sailing Trompeta.
Had a visit to the local market this morning to buy fresh fruits and vegetables for our journey to Fiji. Lots of nice fresh salad as well! Today the weather is changing and we have just had a sharp rain shower.
Yesterday it was Dmitry's birthday so we were invited to his party on Piligrim and Natalia had prepared lots of delicious salads including a Russian speciality called Olivia which is basically a potato salad with added bits and pieces. The evening started with Vodka shots (Peter had one but I declined!) and some marinated cucumber slices which had been steeping in a salt and garlic marinade so no vinegar and the end result was quite mild but apparently the thing to have after a shot of vodka! There were crews from Sapphire and Beatoo and the other Russian boat Royal Leopard too. At the end of the evening one of the Royal Leopard crew Eugene played his guitar and sang soft songs which were lovely.
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