N 28 10.82
W 82 50.22
The good news is that the anchor is holding.
The last few days the weather has been blustery and the wind comes out of a new direction every hour at anywhere from 10 to 30 knots so we’re sort of sitting here spinning in circles and chewing through our stash of books.
We got caught in a tight little anchorage on Weds. with the wind holding us firm to a rock embankment, which was nasty, but we did manage to get out of there. In all the frantic maneuvering I destroyed the dingy and sent my new motor right back to the shop, but the boat came out OK and the prop is fine. Best to stay out of tight spots and away from rocks. Most of the coast of Florida is only a few feet deep and the channels are narrow and shoaled, so we’re starting to appreciate open deep water and our anchor. The mainland of Florida is one long strip mall and endless trashed out trailer parks, and it is really beautiful out here despite the weather, so we’re not complaining.
When these cold fronts blow through, we get our motor back and a new dinghy, and restock our salad bin, we’ll head further south.
Hi Joyce and Lorenzo,I'm glad to hear you are holding up well under the cruddy weather. Too bad about the dinghy(just after you got the registration solved) So now you'll have a new dinghy and motor, keep an eye on it, make sure no one "borrows" it.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to suggest you add your GPS coordinates when you post so we can locate your anchoage.
Watch the weather!
Steve
what would you think of double anchoring off the back to counter the spinning thing? That is what we do up here to stabilize the boat. Not sure if that is a solution for you but you could ask the resident boat expert we have on 24 hour duty - Douglas. Love you, Elle
ReplyDeleteDouble anchor works but off the BOW. We do a bow stern anchor at the beach on a nice day.
ReplyDeleteStorm anchoring, if you know which direction the wind is going to switch to you can set up a second anchor in that direction so when it switches you'll be ok.
I think you are in some pretty sandy bottom so the holding is kind of tough.
D
like he said
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