My dear husband has been in the wars – been married about a month and he now has his leg in plaster. For those who didn’t get the News Flash email, one stormy, windy and wet night while anchored in a snug bay with around 30 other boats, a hire houseboat had a lot of trouble staying in one place. Not having the experience to anchor correctly, and after a 30 second instruction from the hirer on anchoring (unbelievable), they were unable to secure the houseboat in the very strong wind and collided with a couple of yachts, narrowly missing us. Neil went to offer his assistance, which they quickly accepted and after helping to anchor the houseboat safely, fell down a recess near their outboard motor breaking two bones in his foot. Further investigation revealed a broken navicular bone, a torn ligament and bone fragment from another break – so – it’s immobilisation (plaster cast, then restraining boot) for 6 weeks.
The winds during that particular storm reached 117kmh and I must say it was very unnerving. Our poor little dinghy had to be cut free from the side of Bluestone as she was getting swamped and we were unable to release her. Thank goodness a fellow cruiser was able to assist the crew the next day retrieving it from the beach. Four boats found the shore during the storm and looked so sad lying on their sides on the sand. Our dinghy was all in one piece with just the outboard leg buried about ½ metre in the sand. The outboard even started and ran (for a few minutes).
Thankfully not us!
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