Going nowhere fast

While Cork is still on the rocks and obviously not going anywhere,
neither are we! Team Finland + new crewmates along with Qingdou and
Edinburgh have been circling the 'island' and going away and coming back
all night and day! All the other boats have gone on while we spent the
night motoring with our staysail up to give us a bit more stability. A
couple of big squalls kept things interesting as they went through with
winds up to 40knots and literally tropical downpours!

Clothing attire becomes an interesting combo in hot humid but wet
conditions. I've taken to wearing my bikini with my foulies over the
top. I've managed to succumb to some uncomfortable salt water sores
after spending too long yesterday when rescuing cork in my wet shorts
and harness! Ouch! It's difficult to avoid though as if you're not wet
from the spray and rain on deck then you're damp from sweating in the
heat and humidity. No clothes are completely dry and the fastest way to
get them dryer is to wear them! My bunk is also constantly damp from
going to bed wet and then sweating. All sounds lovely huh? :) Too be
honest we're all ready to get the go a head to leave 'the island' behind
us and make our way to Batam for some much deserved cold beer and air
con!! Not sure when that might happen yet though, at the moment our
instructions are to stay with Cork. (We're stopping in Batam - Indonesia
as planned for the boats to meet and leave on the 23rd so that we can
all arrive together for our big welcome into Singapore).

Today has been spent circling the island while people are ferried (well
they paddle themselves) back and forth to the island for one more
surveyors report on the salvagablity of Cork and to gather as much of
the crews personal possessions and valuable equipment as possible (we've
put in our order for a new jockey pole! :)

Everything is a bit askew onboard, no one can be found to be woken for
watch as we've almost all ended up hot bunking in random bunks to help
accommodate our 8 'corkians'. Mother watch has been doing an amazing
job of keeping us all feed, that is if you can find somewhere to sit!
Luckily for some reason the last 2 days have actually been quite
overcast so not as hot and apart from during the night and early morning
during the small storms/squalls we have been able to keep all the
hatches open.
Cross your fingers for us being able to head to Batam tonight!!
xx