October 14, 2014
Not too impressed so far - no one to help us arrive. There is quite a tidal current and lots of wind, so a bit of help on the dock would have been nice. But we did OK although the midships fender got a good squishing! We hauled off the shore power cable and connected it - no electricity. Two strikes!.
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| St Mary's is literally "off the map (chart)". The little yellow boat shows the place where we are tied up to the dock |
After we settled in we wandered into town to have a look around The other boats at the slips were a pretty rough lot. We walked over to the Harbor Masters office but he was at lunch so we wandered thru town. Nice enough but not much going on. Visited the "Submarine Museum" which was about worth the $4 entrance fee.
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| At the submarine museum: "Mark!" |
Returned the 1/2 mile over to the Dock Master's dirty office but this time he was "doing a delivery". I scribbled a note "call me when you are available". We returned to Tide Hiker and focused on the approaching huge bank of black clouds. That's about when "Nat" called - "You have to come over as I leave at 4 PM". Like an idiot, I made the trip, arriving back on the dock just as hell broke loose.
The wind was very strong and had changed direction 180 degrees together with lots of lightening and heavy rain. Tide Hiker had blown 8' off the dock and there was no way I could get aboard. How the hell did that happen - we had 2 stern lines, 2 bow lines and 2 crossed spring lines in place? Deidre threw me an extra dock line mid ships and then used the bow thruster to close the gap. I jumped the last 3'.
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| I assume this boat is on a long term rate? |
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| Might need some canvas work? |
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| Varnish needs a bit of work |
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| "Deidre, are you doing the washing???" |
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