Day #58: I can't help but be happy for the weather forecasters as their prediction of lots of rain and wind last night was spot on. Starting at 2:30 am it came down in buckets. Visibility dropped to near zero. Earlier in the evening, in preparation for the storm, we re-anchored Nellie in a wider spot in the river. A spot which would give us a little more maneuvering room. 'Little' still being the operative word. In conditions like this an anchor watch is unavoidable. My watch routine is to set the anchor-drag alarm and then make myself comfortable on the pilothouse bench for the duration. Last night the duration was until daybreak. The narrowness of Taylor Creek and its big currents greatly exacerbate the threat of any storm. In the end we did fine. Even with a lot of encouragement from the elements the anchor held fast. Yup, I'm happy for the forecasters, but I would have been thrilled if they'd been wrong.
Last night's frontal passage left us with strong NE winds. Today's picture is of Bicki at the helm as we transit the Neuse river. Rather than buck the winds we pulled into Oriental, NC. We really like Oriental and weren't swayed at all by the fact that the harbor cam (http://www.towndock.net/harborcam) showed that there was space at the free dock... Of course now the harbor cam shows Nellie at the dock ;-) It was a short 23nm from Beaufort today; our total increased to 1240nm. DBH.
Last night's frontal passage left us with strong NE winds. Today's picture is of Bicki at the helm as we transit the Neuse river. Rather than buck the winds we pulled into Oriental, NC. We really like Oriental and weren't swayed at all by the fact that the harbor cam (http://www.towndock.net/harborcam) showed that there was space at the free dock... Of course now the harbor cam shows Nellie at the dock ;-) It was a short 23nm from Beaufort today; our total increased to 1240nm. DBH.
