I was going to talk about how we hit a rock while gunkholing in Tangier Bay on the Eastern Shore of Halifax. That resulted in a haul-out to repair the damage (I am sure the rock got the worst of it). But hurricane season on the atlantic coast has become the bigger news item, at least from our viewpoint.
If you have checked our blog, you will see us sitting in Hubbard's Cove, on a mooring ball. This is as good a spot as we could hope for in this situation. During hurricane Juan, about 4 years ago, no boats in the cove were lost. We are hoping for the same result this time.
Earl should hit sometime this weekend and we have been working to prepare for him. We have chafe gear on the mooring bridle and an extra line to the mooring anchor, stripped all the canvas off the boat, secured all the lines, lashed down the boom, removed valuable items and documents from the boat....the list goes on from there. We will be ready.
We will likely be here until the depressions off the coast of Africa cease forming at the present rate. Once we see a generous weather window, we plan to sail to Cape Cod to spend some time in that part of New England. We had been planning on going to Annapolis, but we will instead stage a trip to Bermuda from Newport, RI, and then go to the Bahamas. All this probably will not happen until October, because after Earl, there are Fiona, Gaston and the rest of the hurricanes and tropical storms lurking out there.
The weather and water temperature here have been uncharacteristically warm, as it is along the whole eastern seaboard, so this is feeding the depressions. It will take cooler, drier weather to break the chain of storms marching across the Atlantic.
For now, Maggie and I are going for a swim off one of the beautiful nearby beaches because today it is hot and sunny. Enjoy yourself while you can.
Branko
4 comments:
Hi M&B, looks like mother nature is showing her nastier side. Your mooring location looks great, so make the best of your layover and rest easy. Today it looks like Earl has hit Georgian Bay, as I awoke to the front french doors on our cottage being blown wide open by a 50kmh gust out of the south.
Cheers. ps. do tell us about the rock...
Stay safe, know that folks back here at EYC are hoping for the best that Earl falls apart quickly before making landfall in NS.
David & Memory.
Good luck in the storm! On the bright side, it makes for good blogging.
“They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.”
Hi Maggie and Branko, good to hear that your location seems good.
Love,
Cathy and family
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