Glued the edge of the desalinator bunker door back on.
Cleaned the solar panels.
Boats
Between 15-20 eco-tours came into the reserve today; I lost count.
Most of them appeared to be too close to the sea lions at one point or another.
Once there were 4 eco-tours in the reserve at the same time.
Another time there were 5 eco-tours within the reserve.
Two times the small Prince of Whales boats went THRU the South Channel.
When marine mammals are present, this channel is too narrow for boats to pass through (the minimum distance for boats viewing marine mammals is 100 metres!)
Both times there were many sea lions present, including several that were already swimming in the channel or near the entrances.
Most of the sea lions were at the right hand entrance to the channel. Unfortunately both times the boat had already passed thru that entrance before I could get a photo.
I did get some photos of one PoW boat in the middle of the channel, and exiting it.
Several pleasure craft passed through the reserve as well, including a sail boat that was towing a smaller boat (reminiscent of motorhomes that tow cars).
I wasn’t able to get photos of all these boats, as I didn’t always have the camera on me. I also accidentally deleted a few photos.
Wind: 0-5 knots W in the morning, by 14:00 it had jumped to 40+ knots.
The highest reading I saw was 48 knots, which is no longer a “strong gale” but a “storm”.
Sky: clear in the morning, dark clouds by evening.
Water: initially calm, but the wind kicked up massive waves!
Forecast: looks like more gale tomorrow.
Ecological
15 elephant seals on Great Race.
A few California Sea Lions on the jetty today.
One lone crane fly was attached to a window for the second day straight. The gale blew it away.
The same elephant seal who blocked me outside yesterday tried the same trick again! Only this time I was already inside, so I wisely used a different door.
Maintenance
Goose work.
Weed eating. Or “whacking” if you prefer.
Boats
6 eco-tours today.
1 small pleasure craft had what appeared to be a family with young children fishing in the reserve. They departed very quickly before I could identify their boat, perhaps realizing their mistake independent of me?
