We woke up to a large swell this morning as the wind had swung round and was now coming from the only unprotected part of the anchorage. On boats around the anchorage the men were stood on the bow looking at the anchors!! Our anchor rope bridle was making alot of squeaking but other than that we were happy until there was a big bang and the rope bridle snapped and the chain started to leave the anchor locker!! The chain was secured to the locker with a rope but as the pressure came on the rope and another big wave came through the rope snapped - luckily Jonny was on the bow to stop it disappearing!! After an hour of messing with different ropes and trying different things we managed to get a new bridle rigged and were happy. No harm done but we need to get a new chain hook when we arrive in Tahiti and we now have a very thick rope bridle!!
As we were getting sorted Andy came by to go and get bread but he needed one of us to go with him so he could stay in the dinghy so i had a very very ride to go and get bread!!
The rest of the day we were boat bound (despite the swell easing we were abit nervous about going too far!!) so we invited Calysta, Silk Sheets and Nemesis over for drinks and had a good afternoon.
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