Wind and Rain

Wind and Rain   …   Saturday 27^th October 2012

We spent most of the day on the boat listening to the wind.  After darkness fell the intensity of the gusts seemed to pick up.  We notice that the docks are rising. Hopefully this will abate before the floating docks reach the tops of the pilings (now about 6 ft away).  We had a reservation for dinner at the clubhouse here.  We put on our foul weather gear and scurried along the docks in bare feet carrying our shoes under our jackets.  Dinner was pretty good.  We spent a few lovely minutes sitting in front of the fireplace.  Then on went the foul weather gear, off came the shoes and we scurried back to the boat.  Now, the lantern is adding some warmth.  Mike is getting his photos together for the blog.  I think we are both wondering how much sleep we will get tonight….

View out of the perspex companionway hatch - we are stern to the wind, which probably makes no difference from a security point of view, but it does mean we have to close the companionway to stop the rain blowing in

Looking up through the hatch above the main cabin

Watching the clock!

... and the barometer - not sure this is an accurate measurement as the measurement disk seems to rotate fairly freely!