Winds and Low Tide at Eucott Bay
September 28th (Saturday) Our hopes of a calm night definitely did not materialize. The wind that we had when we went to bed continued and progressively got worse. Because of being in such a shallow anchorage the majority of our chain was simply sitting on the ground, and it totally changed how the boat rode and reacted to the wind. The angle of our snubber lines had a much larger range of motion creating much more noise inside the boat, especially in the v-berth, and when she came up tight on the chain it was a more abrupt stop than it would have been in a deeper anchorage. Everything on our deck was tied and secured, but because we did not know it would get so windy we were not fully prepared. Our kayaks, which were tied off, were getting lifted by the gusts and then dropped back down. Our fenders for Kiki when she is alongside were being blown against the side of the boat, and the howling through the rigging was quite intense. In the first part of the night we did manage to grab ...