gear. Not the ideal timing!
Windy night, poor sleep due to water slapping the hulls. The trimaran
is stable at anchor, as expected, but it is noisy, as it keeps lifting
and plunging back down like a kid on a see-saw by the pool's edge.
All courtesy of the south wind driven by the coming storm, which is
the real concern - and the harbor is still full. Once the Coast Guard
issues a "small craft advisory", being a Public harbor they allow
everyone in- but no advisory had yet been called. So there I was,
Monday morning, not so quickly setting up a shackle on the 45lb CQR
anchor with some stainless wire and pliers.
I was using a technique I had only read about, but hadn't ever tried -
connecting multiple anchors to one chain rode. I just read about it in
Moitessier's book, "A Sea Vagabond's World", so I figured it might
work for us too. I rowed away, always that uncertain feeling.
The rain did in fact dump, but the wind never came up bad- and a spot
opened up in the marina later in the day. So now we are cozy and front
row to the spectacle, next to the breakwater, with the waves crashing
on the other side.
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