The winds picked up significantly after midnight and everyone began the dance around the harbor. David kept watch as boats closed in on each other but there were no collisions. Tumbleweed was coming very close to a cat and Russamee and the rafted boats next to them were near enough at times to cause concern. Josie stayed out of the fray but was sailing into the channel at times. The channel was narrow next to us so that was concerning. After the six hours of wind opposing tide, David slept. Things were again calm in the harbor.
We did not feel like we could leave the boat with these conditions so we rested most of the day, We did set up the solar panel to charge our Jackery portable power station.
With the tide switch in the afternoon, the winds picked up again and it became a little choppy. The dance commenced. Boats swirling all over the place. Josie doing channel runs every ten minutes.
At one point, after so many near misses, Tumbleweed hit the port stern of the cat and bounced off. I am not sure if there was damage but the cat pulled anchor and left. Several boats tried to join the anchorage but were deterred after witnessing the swing dance. Before the tide switch, the wind dropped as predicted. The boats all heeded to the current and our anchorage looked like an innocent group of well behaved boats again. The trouble starts at above 15 knots of wind we think.
The “good six hours” started around 7 pm. We were able to sleep. The winds remained low at current change and we had a peaceful night.