Month: July 2020

19/07/2020

It was originally scheduled to leave at 7:30 this morning. Wind was relatively strong. Mainsail was raised to give the boat a bit of momentum to pull the anchor up. J asked me to tack to the wind. I though it as an ordinary 90 degree tack, so the boat was over powered. The winch that controlled the anchor chain happened to slip again. The chain kept running out, and cut J’s right middle finger (no gloves). He quickly lowered the mainsail went to the cabin to deal with the wound. He asked me not to look at the wound so I knew it must be serious. It was very deep, and still couldn’t stop bleeding after washing, disinfection and bandaging. I feel very sorry. The plan to set off today was cancelled. We will stay in Pearl Bay for one more day.

A few boats around us were sailing away one after another. J looked a little disappointed. So I decided to make something delicious to comfort him. I made fried rice for lunch (so he can eat with a spoon). I don’t usually wash the dishes and I had to take care of it today, the result is pouring out a nice spoon with a bucket of dishwashing water. Oh, before that, a gust of wind blew away my Daiso hat. It seems that today I’d better to stay in the cabin and continue painting lobster…

In the evening, I made mapo tofu that can be eaten with a spoon too. I use a carton of room temperature tofu, which tastes good.

17/07/2020

In the morning, we rowed the rubber dinghy to shore and had a walk . The texture of the beach is pretty solid, like walking on a flat ground. There are many pine looking trees here also on the nearby islands. Although it is almost tropic here, it still feels cool, and it is even quite cold at night, which may be suitable for coniferous forest to growth. Later I know there are some pins growing in tropics. In this peaceful island, lots of butterflies fluttered in the bushes, birds chirping, but because it is part of the Great Barrier Reef military exercise area, it is not designated as a national park for tourism development, so apart from a few boats, there are no other visitors. It is quite a paradise.

In the afternoon, we rowed the dinghy to fish near the rocks around. Against the tide, J paddled non-stop. After rowing near the reef for a while, a little fish was finally hooked on J’s trolling line, I held the fishing rod all the way and catch nothing, but I had a panoramic view of the beauty islands.

For dinner, I cooked the little fish with Thai green curry and coconut milk, the final outcome didn’t look green at all but It tasted good. In the end, J not only scraped the sauce out of his bowl, but also took my bowl and scraped clean.