We had northeast winds and rain all night. The motion of the boat from the wind and waves wasn’t too bad to sleep but the sound of the wind howling was irritating and the volume seemed to increase through the night. I was up hourly to check how the dinghy was riding tethered to the transom and how much rain water it was collecting.
We were both dreading taking Sailor to shore for his morning trip because it was rougher than last evening. We put on our foul weather gear and rode the waves back to the same spot we had gone before. I think this time Sailor understood what he was supposed to do because he got right down to business and jumped back into the boat. We made a hardy breakfast and drank a lot of coffee because we were both chilled.
After lunch we raised the steadying sail in an attempt the reduce the swinging on the anchor. Seascape was swinging back and forth on an arch of nearly 110 degrees without the sail. With the sail raised the arch was reduced by 25 degrees making the motion of the boat a little better. The wind is supposed to subside some tonight.
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