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Date:Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:46:00 GMT
A Storm is coming...
High winds and wind chill
Today we fixed Sam's computer screen so we can get going on videos and
did general organization. We also moved the boat anchorage from near red 16
to near red 18 for a better location for high winds. The winds are
forcasted to be 25-35 knots tomorrow and rain begins Wednesday. Thursday
winds are forcast for 45 with gusts perhaps to 60. We are going to put out
a second anchor tomorrow just in case. But we are now in a position where
no one can drag into us and we have enough room that we won't drag into
anyone else. Today the winds are 25 knots so the anchor should be burrying
its self deep into the mud. But with this wind it's quite chilly. The
ambient temprature this evening is 68 but it feels like the 50's. I suppose
this kind of wingering is lost on everyone who is in the cold north that we
ran from but this is the Florida Keys! (ha ha)
Sunday it looks like a little tropical storm is going to form an eye
over Key west and it will turn into a huge storm after it crosses Florida
and heads up the Atlantic coast. This is the third storm this fall that has
formed there and run up the coast. We will be safe and sound in our boat.
Sam and I tied down the sail covers put an extra line on the Dinghy and put
it out behind the boat. We have been trying to silence the lines whipping
the mast but it's not going so well.