This morning, we wanted to leave comfortably at 0800. All preparations were running. However, suddenly the anchor alarm went off. A quick look and I first considered that the alarm went off because I did not get the anchor position well enough. As the wind was pretty strong I made the instant decision to get the anchor up and leave for deeper water. Safety decision without analyzing what really is the cause for the alarm.<\/p>\n
Once we were out in deep (40 – 50 m) water I went on course to the WPT SW of Qiurquirdup at the more eastern side of the Cayos Hollandes. And then we got rain again. All 3 Panama Canal locks opened their gates the same time. It was not too far away from a white-out. Radar showed the rain front is about 4 – 6 NM “thick”. So I let MaRe run with only 2.5 KN, to have time to react if needed.<\/p>\n
After all was on track, we changed into dry clothes. I put on my “Dirty Hansen” (my not cleanable Helly Hansen) foul weather gear. The others prepared breakfast. I had mine behind the steering wheel, the others at the table with the PRT side of the cockpit enclosure down. Waves, a short swell built up quickly with almost a meter height. But MaRe made her way along the plotter route in early direction.<\/p>\n
After about an hour all became better again.<\/p>\n
When we arrived, we saw 2 catamarans running full speed in the same direction. They assumed we too are heading for the swimming pool anchorage. However i wanted to go to the anchorage at the WSW area of Banedup. But it turned out that there was no space for safe anchoring of 2 boats. The French boat’s anchor was where I wanted to drop MaRe’s anchor. So I decided to try to find a spot on the west side of the open “bay”. The area between the islands Banedup in the E, Ogoppiradup in the W, and Calubir in the N.<\/p>\n
It took maybe another hour until I found a safe place to drop the hook at 10 m and had 60 m rode (anchor chain) out. Pulling back with 1500 RPM showed the anchor holds.<\/p>\n
Then all slowed down on the boat. I wrote my log book, and the other 3 digged into their books again.<\/p>\n
However after an hour or so, a squall came dumping water and brought winds of 5 Bft. Anchor hold perfectly fine. A short interruption of the tranquility at anchor with the sound of the waves at the other reef as back ground music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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