On Wednesday, we took Tambasakan into a full-on gale. It wasn't particulaly smart, but we wanted to conduct a two pronged stress test--one on the boat, and one on ourselves. I'm happy to report that despite snapping our anchor rope and a spar, the boat held beautifully. As for the crew, our feet were toughened a bit from dragging her around a reef, and we know a lot more about gale sailing than before...
Yesterday we made supply runs. We have extra rope (for the anchor!), sail material, wood, epoxy, water cans, and flares. We'll invest in food next week. I love it when a plan comes together.
Cheers,
Lee
PS. The weather has been unusually squally, overcast, and cold. Going on two weeks now. Locals say it will lighten by February... Great sleeping weather!
