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Because this bay is quite well protected from the south, the west and the north, it serves usually as an nicely secure anchorage. Only when the winds swing around to the east does it become uncomfortable. Boats anchored in the bay become most vulnerable if the wind comes from the northeast where the open water fetch is the longest and waves have time to build. It was from the northeast that the wind and the waves were piling into the bay during that particular night.
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