A relatively lazy day on the mooring
Sun 2nd August 2020
We’ve been back on the boat 24 hours and are now fully immersed in the cruisers lifestyle. How do we know this? … because Mike spent the morning replacing the pumping unit on the forward head! You may think boating is all about cocktails at sunset, but we seem to spend inordinate amounts of time doing boat maintenance. In fairness, it’s often at the start of living aboard that you realize what needs attention and when most work needs to be done. This job actually went really well and we now have a fully functional toilet in our forward bathroom. (We have two bathrooms on this boat, forward and aft)
We did go to shore this afternoon, bought some iced coffee and took a wander back down to East Greenwich Yacht Club, where we have members for the past ten years or so. We put our membership on hold at the end of last season in anticipation of being away for a long time.
This evening we are trying to figure out what conditions we are likely to experience as former hurricane “Isaiah” moves up the East Coast. At the minute the models suggest we have an ~ 40% chance of experiencing tropical storm force winds (>39 mph sustained) on Tuesday night (see picture below). It’s a little unsettling and we will continue to monitor the situation carefully. However, as you can see from the picture of the chart below, it’s hard to imagine being in a more protected location. We’ll let you know how we are preparing in our updates tomorrow and Tuesday.
Mike
41.6547, -71.4485
The Sunday evening predictions for "Isaiah". the numbers represent the % probability of experiencing tropical storm force winds. Our approximate position is marked by *
Chart of East Greenwich Cove - * marks our approximate position, which is well protected from adverse weather and about as good a location as you could find anywhere
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