Trying to sort out everything and prepare to manage from afar proves to be more work than anticipated. No surprise, but here we sit, still at the dock.
It really is a good thing we were here, Friday night winds were 20-30 gusting to 40 mph!!! It was a wild ride and we were up every couple of hours lashing down stuff that was not secured.
At 5:30am the staysail (small sail just forward of the mast, aft of the jib) came unfurled and we had to take it down in crazy winds. No fun wresling a heavy piece of canvase with ropes and hard rings attached. No damage done, but a boater on the next dock was not so lucky as his jib was shredded during the same winds. Probably cost $500-$700 used, yikes!!
Great strides have been made and we will be out of the house tonight. On top of everything else, I have a cough, runny nose and no energy.
Bottom line, we will be heading out mid week . . . I think.
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Great call to stay at the dock in that weather!
ReplyDeleteStay safe and I hope the sailing is smooth down the coast!