Beach Walk
This morning I threw copious amounts of water onto the deck to see if my recent repairs to the deckhead finally stopped the leaks. It looked good. No sign of any leaks.
I reassembled the wardrobe and refitted all headlining. Whoever drilled all those holes in the deckhead should be made to sleep under a dripping tap.
Afterwards I went for a walk along the beach. The seaward entrance to Boipeba and the Rio do Inferno is very narrow and lined with concealed rocks to the south and a high sand spit to the north. Because of the bar to seaward and narrow entrance Boipeba pool anchorage is completely protected from the sea. However the tide does rip through at up to 2.5 knots and there is only room for 3 or 4 visiting yachts.
At high tide the seaward entrance is passable but a keel yacht would need a very accurate track to follow as at high tide it would be very easy to end up on the rocks or sand spit if one strayed from the narrow channel.
Entrance showing disturbed water over the rocks and sand spit to the north.
"Pirata" surveys Boipeba pool from a sheet on Kiriwina.
I reassembled the wardrobe and refitted all headlining. Whoever drilled all those holes in the deckhead should be made to sleep under a dripping tap.
Afterwards I went for a walk along the beach. The seaward entrance to Boipeba and the Rio do Inferno is very narrow and lined with concealed rocks to the south and a high sand spit to the north. Because of the bar to seaward and narrow entrance Boipeba pool anchorage is completely protected from the sea. However the tide does rip through at up to 2.5 knots and there is only room for 3 or 4 visiting yachts.
At high tide the seaward entrance is passable but a keel yacht would need a very accurate track to follow as at high tide it would be very easy to end up on the rocks or sand spit if one strayed from the narrow channel.
Entrance showing disturbed water over the rocks and sand spit to the north.
"Pirata" surveys Boipeba pool from a sheet on Kiriwina.
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