Wigham Cove Protection and Brown Box Crab
November 16th and 17th (Saturday and Sunday) Well the 16th was the day of the forecasted storm of up to 50 knots. We had decided to remain in Wigham Cove as we felt that it would be well protected. We were not sure where the wind or gusts might come in, however, so we decided not to stern tie so that we could swing on the hook as needed. Throughout the day we were very surprised by how light the wind was in our bay, and also by where it was coming from. We had guessed that it would either come in through one of two lower areas in the land, or in through the entrance and wrap around into our bay. All of these areas point roughly south to southeast, and since the forecasted wind was southeast we thought these were good guesses as to where it would come in. We had anchored with this in mind, although we were in an area where we were prepared for any direction of wind. However, we were very surprised by the fact that the wind was coming in from the north. It was not much wind, but it w...