Day 20 & 21 - Scawfell Island

Not a lot to report for these two days. The weather was made up of rain squalls, massive wind bullets, and plenty of chop. What fun! We tried a few games and found that boules from the transom does not work and dominos only works for me if I can keep changing the rules. While I guess we should be able to chill out, read a few books and 'go with the flow' the reality was that we were all getting 'cabin fever' and looking forward to getting moving again. Unfortunately the forecast was identical each day. 20-25 kts from the SE sounds pretty benign (and it is but the very confused seas tends to make for an uncomfortable motion and quite a few waves coming onboard).  We also found that the starboard aft steering compartment was full of water! I can only assume that the severe pounding had forced water up the steering shaft gland so I drained it all out and re-greased the the gland and bearing. Fingers crossed that this fixes the problem.