Prickly Bay and Secret Harbour
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Wed 15 May 2013 22:28
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Monday 13 to Wednesday 15 May
2013
After a morning doing some internet admin we took
the boat back to Prickly Bay and anchored within rowing distance of the Budget
Marine chandlery. Whilst there I ordered 66 metres of anchor
chain. We would like to carry more but when we once did the weight in the
bow was so great that the boat pitched badly when sailing.
Boats 'hobby horse' when there is a lot of weight in the bow and stern
which is uncomfortable and slows the boat down dramatically.
Our chain is 12 years old and has been
re-galvanised once. It's now very rusty again and each time you galvanise
the metal loses 10-15% of it's strength so it was time to bite the bullet and
replace it. The guys in the chandlery then carried the new outboard to the
dinghy. I went to the nearby bar/restaurant, 'De Big Fish', and read the
manual over a coffee before tootling back to the boat with the new outboard
running at running-in revs ie, very slowly.
On Tuesday we both went to De Big Fish and Lin used
their wifi whilst I found a bus to take me to an ATM and a petrol station to get
some 2-stroke engine oil (the chandlery only had large containers of the
stuff). These south coast bays are lovely but they are remote from things
like cash machines.
Another view of the anchorage looking towards
the head of Prickly Bay:-
 On Wednesday we went back to Secret Harbour which
is very sheltered and peaceful.
The view from the Secret Harbour
restaurant:-
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