Ron laughed at me when I set out the life jackets two nights ago. I just thought if we or someone else broke loose from the mooring field, we might be on deck and if so, I wanted the life jackets handy. Well, guess what, not one or two, but THREE boats broke loose during that hefty wind. We'd decided after this last one, we were going to get to a more protected area. Tomorrow is the first window of opportunity for us to travel. We went in to see the dock master. The assistant informed us we'd have to loose the three week fee and neither of us swallowed THAT too well. So we decided to go in and "reason together." We got full reimbursement without any hassle whatsoever. It was a 180! Humph?
We find out, the winds were 50 MPH that night. For some comparison, hurricane winds begin at 74! And you all thought I was exaggerating!!
The boats that broke loose? One turned completely on its mooring and got the line wrapped around the prop. That was an unmanned boat and then two large sailboards grounded (we saw both the next morning) after they had broken their mooring lines. The good news was that the moorings held in all cases. They are helix moorings which are screwed into the bottom. They are supposed to withstand hurricane force with a 60' craft. An interesting fact is that they limit the size of the boats in the mooring field to 40 feet.
I'll be glad to get back to the mainland.
It was so noisy during that blow we actually slept in the salon for two nights as some defense against the constant pounding. It was like a drum concert! Much nicer riding mid ship. Tomorrow we begin our slow journey HOME folks!! Can you just see the smile!!!!!
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