28th March update - Flinders Island - new trisail wind and weather update from Pete

28^th March – from the horse’s mouth – ie from Captain Pete on Flinders Island – an email sent near midnight last night

As far as our progress is concerned, we have been sitting out a predicted high Northerly wind on Wed (today) which has not happened, and waiting for a westerly approaching on the front of a high tomorrow.  Just in the last 10 minutes we have been hit with a strong southerly, none of which has been forecast.  So I must say I am over the BOM forecasts. We are expecting to leave here tomorrow am but we are totally confused by the forecasts.  I probably should be relying more on my own predictions .

Steve lent us his car and we had a few hours today to go to Emita, where Rachael and James visited the museum while I went and purchased 2 more diving air bottles ($500) from a mate of Steve's.  Then went to Walker's Lookout which highly impressed the crew.  

Why only a few hours?...you ask.  Explanation...we spent hours working out the erection (?) of our new Trisail.  This process was helped by a very informed Sydney sailor John, who sails out of MHYC in Sydney.  For the record he was on a monohull with brother Bruce and captain James and his brother Bill.  They left for Sydney today, probably a good move, as the forecasts have basically stuffed us.

Well I am a bit tired and we are presently rafted up to a fishing boat leaving at 6.30am tomorrow.  So not much sleep for me.