February 28 2014
The biggest storm of the winter so far is hitting, thankfully. I prepared the boat with what I could, to protect the bikes and water from getting inside. This was proved pointless as I woke up to the wind (uncommonly) blowing strong from the south, behind the boat, so the rain was pushed sideways into the cockpit and through the hatchboard vent, into the boat. In fact, much of the teak oil was washed off and onto the cockpit floor before I even woke up. The photo shows the color of it, bleeding red oil down all over the boat.
The usual storm things are occurring such as sails unfurling and flapping themselves to death, more buckets and kayaks blown off boats and into the water, high tide and waves causing flooding, and the sounds of what I imagine living inside of a wind-chime would be.
My boat is doing great though. The sails are packed tight and lines are fastened down. I’m going out of town tonight for the weekend so hopefully everything stays that way.