THE gale blew all yesterday and overnight from the northwest, so when we woke this morning, the water had been blown out of the Bay and we were hanging off our mooring lines, heeled over at 10°.
We got up at 0530, just as it was starting to get light (yay spring) and added fore and aft breast lines, which we rarely use, since they run straight out perpendicular to the boat and can only stop you moving directly away from the pier. There’s still a lot of tension on the bow and stern lines (you could walk on them) but we should be secure until the water comes back.
do ya thing you people could find a slip with a little more water under it? jeez….
We’re practicing for the UK
I got home from work this morning and noticed all of the boats on I-Dock had their sterns way up in the air and out of the water. Our boat was high out of the water and when I turned on the fathometer I think it told me to go F off. It read 3.1 Foot and its forward of the keel that draws 3.4 (centerboard up!). Got a picture of Pancea over on I-Dock with its stern high out of the water.
Glad to hear it wasn’t just us. We are right alongside the haul-out slips which must be well over 12′, so no one else was dry.
Our stern draws 6′ and we must have had 2′ of rudder showing. We requested a new slip, but I think we’ll also move her forward: the water gets a lot deeper further along the pier.
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