In the immortal words of Kevin 'bloody' Wilson....
"It was over... before it began"!
Ombepo yoonkondo (Oshiwambo for 'strong wind')
The wind has come in before the tide. pretty much from the moment I sent the last posting it began to build.
Two of our regular local helpers work for a local tourism company called 'Mola Mola' which takes people out on seal,dolphin, whale watching tours as well as on desert trips down the coast. Wally and Naude were calling in the weather from further south and letting us know what we were in for.
The day was definitely building as forecast.
I was getting increasingly reluctant to pull the wing out however everything else was prepared. The RIB was stocked and fueled, all the cameras, VHF radios, data loggers and Gps systems were charged, zeroed and checked. Three bags of equipment and spares were ready and waiting to be loaded into the RIB.
As the wind built further I made the call to 'hang for a bit'.
Right now at 1300 would have been the time we would have been over there with suitable water depth. I just went and did a wind reading and it's already gusting to 24 knots here. The lagoon passage is rough and it's only going to get stronger.
We made the right call today and missed nothing. Phew!
It's not a good thing as we desperately want to get out there... but at least we know that there isn't any 'would've, could've, should've' about it.
So it's back to the maintenance and small improvement list.
Tomorrow is forecast to be lighter... but only a little.
This is a waiting game and I think we have proven that we can play this game.
Cheers, Paul.
p.s. the sand is starting to blow outside... it IS going to 'honk'!
Ombepo yoonkondo (Oshiwambo for 'strong wind')
The wind has come in before the tide. pretty much from the moment I sent the last posting it began to build.
Two of our regular local helpers work for a local tourism company called 'Mola Mola' which takes people out on seal,dolphin, whale watching tours as well as on desert trips down the coast. Wally and Naude were calling in the weather from further south and letting us know what we were in for.
The day was definitely building as forecast.
I was getting increasingly reluctant to pull the wing out however everything else was prepared. The RIB was stocked and fueled, all the cameras, VHF radios, data loggers and Gps systems were charged, zeroed and checked. Three bags of equipment and spares were ready and waiting to be loaded into the RIB.
As the wind built further I made the call to 'hang for a bit'.
Right now at 1300 would have been the time we would have been over there with suitable water depth. I just went and did a wind reading and it's already gusting to 24 knots here. The lagoon passage is rough and it's only going to get stronger.
We made the right call today and missed nothing. Phew!
It's not a good thing as we desperately want to get out there... but at least we know that there isn't any 'would've, could've, should've' about it.
So it's back to the maintenance and small improvement list.
Tomorrow is forecast to be lighter... but only a little.
This is a waiting game and I think we have proven that we can play this game.
Cheers, Paul.
p.s. the sand is starting to blow outside... it IS going to 'honk'!
posted by Paul at 11:10 am
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