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Date:Wed, 13 Dec 2023 03:19:00 GMT
A Storm is almost here...
Putting out a second anchor
Today after the net Sam and I went with a couple other people to put
some more line on Smiley's boat. It's a big red steel motor sailer that is
only afloat because it's bilge is full of concrete to plug the holes. A
couple of his mooring lines are almost broken and rather than winge about it
breaking free I decided to put more line on it. I hope it holds because if
it breaks free it will be a tank going through the harbor.
Then we spent the rest of the morning putting out the Fortress as a second
anchor. A boat that was next to us in the new location near Red18 moved
giving us more room so we put out the Fortress to the north of the boat with
40 foot of 3/8 chain and 50 or so foot of rope at about 45 deg from our
previous anchor. That Fortress dug in immediately and would not budge. We
used a rubber bumper as a bouy to mark it and make it easier to pull up. We
are not going to move in the winds that are coming.
Later in the afternoon and evening we spent time at the Tiki with the
Tuesday jam session. One of our friends brought a keyboard and box drum so
both mom and I played a little piano for folks and then I played the box
drum while various people sang and played guitar. We played till dark and
then we came back to the boat and had grilled cheese and tomato soup for
dinner. This harbor so so amazing! it's easy to get stuck here. There is so
much to do and so many wonderful people.
I'm a little worried about Sunday through Tuesday. The winds are going
to clock around to the south and west and north west before coming back to
the north east. This will twist my two anchors and the rode from one of
them is going to get hung up on the keel so I think I'm going to need to
move one of them as we turn around. Tomorrow Sam and I are going to get
water and a load of fuel before it get's nasty on Thursday. On Sunday
there is going to be a low form over Key west and move across Florida and
into the atlantic where it will move north along the coast like a little
hurricane. It will of course go right over us.
We have a vet appointment on Thursday at 1500 for the cat and it's
going to be a wet windy ride... Lilah is not going to be happy.