Sun was peeping out when I wrote this morning, but that did not last long. Soon back to fog with varying visibility, the best about 1 nm. So the little clothes-washing I did was almost as wet when I put them in the front tonight.
Wind and waves increased from SSW, in late afternoon veering more W and less strong. It would have been summed up as a day of awful weather had it not been for good progress! Should cross the 200 m line during the night and tomorrow get out into the Atlantic proper again.
After all those big seas there is still a lot of being tossed about, and getting inside and getting the stove going and making supper was tricky. Probably 10 C when I got inside, not having used the stove since breakfast. So you can imagine how humid it got initially.
My bum is sore from a full day on that little seat and the rocking in here does not help. A couple of fingers are also sore as a couple of calluses did fissure in spite of my prophylactic manicure the other day. (I think I wrote pedicure by mistake!) Should have shaved down the thick skin earlier.
Another boat encounter this afternoon. A supply ship “Maersk Dispatcher” came out of the fog heading straight for me and gave me a toot. The waves were huge, but I got the oars stored and got inside to talk on the VHF: I was just inside the 1 nm distance to an oil platform! Then I saw it almost hidden behind the ship. But the officer was very friendly, I was already on my way out of the no go sector. So I asked the usual about a possible picture for my Fb page. He should try, he said, so as I rowed away the ship came quite close.
After a wave and a friendly toot they headed back to their platform.
In fact there are two here, I could just make out the other one. Explains the helicopters earlier today.
Diana says even stronger winds tomorrow, from W! Sounds good, but could be another hard day’s work. Day 60 tomorrow – and I’m expecting post!
One large pod of dolphins chasing fish today.