There has not been a lot to report over the last couple of weeks. We are still in Ginowan Marina and have now secured a berth for Tweed for three months which will allow us to spend some time in Australia. We fly out on Monday 27 June and will return some time in September.
The SW monsoon has well and truly settled in now. Since the typhoon in early June there have been several cyclonic circulation systems forming in the area east of Philippines or in the South China Sea. There is currently one system of storm status now heading for Hong Kong and another one also of storm status coming up east of the Philippines towards Taiwan. The second one is predicted to reach category 1 status some time tomorrow morning but should pass well to the west of us here in Okinawa. We will be keeping a good watch on it all the same.
This week we have been busy preparing Tweed - we have been moved into another berth, all the sails have been taken off, extra mooring lines have been purchased and she is very securely tied on. We have been able to connect to shore power using a step-up transformer to convert the 100V to 230V which allows us to run the 240V fridge and to use our fans and other electrical appliances and computers. During the move and while waiting for the transformer though our 1800 watt inverter failed which meant no on board 240V power for the fridge! We were able to borrow a portable 240V generator until the transformer could be reconnected by the marina electrician but are still trying to work out how to get the broken one fixed - might be in for a trip to Australia with us!
Last weekend the owner of 'Sam's' chain of seafood restaurants sponsored a fishing competition and from our position on the visitors' dock at that time we were able to watch as the boats all brought in their catches of the day - mostly marlin. It was amazing to see the number of these large fish being measured and weighed and also a bit sad - the largest was 200kg! At least the fish did not go to waste as they were divided up amongst friends and family or sold to market.
We have also had a busy time socialising and helping out several other cruising yachts passing through, passing on information and advice for their passages north.
As this is basically a cruising blog we may only post occasionally while in Australia but will continue with adventures on Tweed once we get back to Okinawa.
The SW monsoon has well and truly settled in now. Since the typhoon in early June there have been several cyclonic circulation systems forming in the area east of Philippines or in the South China Sea. There is currently one system of storm status now heading for Hong Kong and another one also of storm status coming up east of the Philippines towards Taiwan. The second one is predicted to reach category 1 status some time tomorrow morning but should pass well to the west of us here in Okinawa. We will be keeping a good watch on it all the same.
This week we have been busy preparing Tweed - we have been moved into another berth, all the sails have been taken off, extra mooring lines have been purchased and she is very securely tied on. We have been able to connect to shore power using a step-up transformer to convert the 100V to 230V which allows us to run the 240V fridge and to use our fans and other electrical appliances and computers. During the move and while waiting for the transformer though our 1800 watt inverter failed which meant no on board 240V power for the fridge! We were able to borrow a portable 240V generator until the transformer could be reconnected by the marina electrician but are still trying to work out how to get the broken one fixed - might be in for a trip to Australia with us!
Last weekend the owner of 'Sam's' chain of seafood restaurants sponsored a fishing competition and from our position on the visitors' dock at that time we were able to watch as the boats all brought in their catches of the day - mostly marlin. It was amazing to see the number of these large fish being measured and weighed and also a bit sad - the largest was 200kg! At least the fish did not go to waste as they were divided up amongst friends and family or sold to market.
We have also had a busy time socialising and helping out several other cruising yachts passing through, passing on information and advice for their passages north.
As this is basically a cruising blog we may only post occasionally while in Australia but will continue with adventures on Tweed once we get back to Okinawa.
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