Despite strong wind warnings in effect we set of for
Chandler, 48 20.72N 064 40.21W. The winds were moderate – in the 10 – 20 knot
range most of the trip, but it had been howling all night and built up some big
seas - 10ft rollers at times and, of course, we were heading into it! So we mostly motor sailed, since the forecast
was for 30 knots this evening and we wanted to arrive before that happened. We arrived at about 1pm, and found that the
30 knot winds had also arrived. Then the
fun began – we had been assigned a finger dock half way down the pontoon, with
the winds blowing us sideways. That
wasn’t going to work with our 10hp engines.
We putzed around for a while trying to figure out how much
maneuverability we had in these conditions, during the course of which, we
found ourselves positioned nicely to be blown onto a dock, and we were. There were several people ready to help us
into our assigned dock, they noticed the new plan and were quick to rush out to
help us. As I’m writing this the winds
are blowing at 25- 30 knots with a maximum so far of 35 knots.
By 6pm the winds had died down to 15-18 knots, so we left
our temporary spot and blew down sideways to the end of the dock. We were then able to pull Quinita into a real
dock, although we will dry out at low water – between 10pm and 1am.
Ship’s Log: 3298.0nm, Today's log: 29.9nm, Season total: 844.1nm.
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