We are forecast to have 30 plus knots of wind with some areas experiencing gusts higher than 50 knots on Thursday night (NOAA MARINE WEATHER FORCAST.) I want to check out the river we are in tomorrow, in the daylight before I make the final decision to move. It was dark when we got here this evening and my impression was that the trees were pretty small, not sheltering us from a strong North-easterly wind. If this is the case, the plan is to move the boat to a protected creek south of the canal and ride out the worst of the storm Wednesday night through Friday morning.
One of my major upgrades on the boat was purchasing a 45 pound Manson Supreme anchor. I figured I would be able to sleep a little better with a bigger anchor holding our home in place. It should get a good test in the next couple of days.
Wherever we end up on Wednesday afternoon we will have the Manson Supreme and a 35 pound Danforth anchored 45 degrees apart, straddling the expected wind direction. The anchors each have 15 feet of heavy mooring chain attached and we will use plenty of rode with careful attention paid to chafe. We will try to keep you updated during the storm if we have internet access. Things should be exciting around here.
2 comments:
Chad, I'm enjoying the site, keep the blogs coming bro.
Hi Chad and Nicole, I just had a great, but short, visit with Maryanne. She was up in Boston at a conference and came out to Natick for an overnight. I love your blog. Today I read all through this and also read Mary and Mike's blog from Equador (they blog through FeedBitz). Take care and be safe. love, Rosemary
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