There's
enough wind to blow a shamrock off today; an apt sentiment on St
Patrick's Day. It's another sou'westerly blow today care of the
departing ex tropical cyclone, Sandra, and we've returned to Fame
Cove for shelter. We came in from Nelson marina yesterday afternoon
where we'd gone alongside to fill the water tank. It was gentle sail
over here, all tranquil until a powerboat, also making for Fame,
spotted us turning and was spooked we might take the last available
mooring ball and gave it full throttle to beat us in. He would
always have beaten us on speed but in his mad rush he sped between us
and a small boat fishing off the point giving them a viscous shake in
his wake. Not the most polite behaviour I've seen. Mr Speedboat
picked up one of the last two mooring and we took the last one and sat just within the wind protection of the headland.
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