Typhoon Megi won’t miss us afterall

Typhoon Megi 22.10.2010

After filling up half of the norther South China Sea, the typhoon Megi turned to the north and is trying to squeeze itself into the Taiwan Strait.

We’ve spent the afternoon on the boat, observing our magnificently broken up pontoon and together with others tying up everything we could get our hands on, including cleats on the pontoons, which are said to be very unreliable. The many whole after relocated cleats stay witness. The worst is probably coming this night. So far we’ve only measured up to 40 knots in gusts, but the wind speed will very likely climb up overnight.

Thus we plan to spend the night on board to be there if anything should happen… we probably won’t get much sleep, but we would sleep well in the flat anyway… one feels kind of unsettled…