Opua: eerie
Opua: eerie
Eerily quiet this morning after three days of noise and motion.
Little sleep was had aboard GANNET last night until about 3 a.m. I might have dosed off briefly from time to time, but was soon awokened by a wave slamming into us or a gust of wind heeling the little boat far over. Sleeping in the bow, the sound and fury was extreme.
Two days ago the gusts were in the 20s and the lulls in the teens, Yesterday during the day I had the TackTick wind unit on and the gusts were in the low gale range, 34+ knots, with the lulls in the 20s. Winds were officially recorded last night in the North Island up to 64 knots, which is the start of Force 12, hurricane force. They weren't that high here, but I estimate the gusts last night were 45 to 50 knots, possibly slightly more.
At 3 a.m. the wind and waves began to decrease and I got some sleep. I woke at 7:30 to complete stillness.
Later in the morning I rowed ashore to shower and dispose of trash, and to walk around a bit. I’d been sitting down