I dreaded heading out today because the weather stations
predicted winds out of the southeast at 12 knots (hitting us on our stern) with
a 40% chance of rain, but we knew we should. Tomorrow’s forecast was for west
winds (hitting us on the bow) and 50% rain.
Six hours of rocking and rolling is not my kind of thing but everyone
wanted to head out! Well, don’t count on
the weather people to be correct!!!! The
sunrise was beautiful and we had a nice trip with a light chop crossing the
Mississippi Sound. A light drizzle
started around 10:30 AM and continued throughout the day. By 3:00 PM we were docked and settled in and
helped S/V Faith and Morning Star tie up at around 5:15 PM (they just made the
bridge rush hour blackout time). It
would be nice if these blackout times were CORRECTLY posted somewhere. As we were going through the bridge we asked
if they had a restricted no open time and they said yes. They said 4:45 PM to 6:30 PM but when Mike
and Renee called they said 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM so the sailboats “put the pedal
down” and made it just in time. All were happy but really tired. Several days
of getting up before dawn is catching up with me.
No comments:
Post a Comment