Post Irene/Pre Katia
Finally we are underway again, having left Aberdeen Proving Grounds 22 Aug. We arrived at Patuxent Naval Air Station just after the Virginia earthquake, wondering what that funny wave slap on the hull was as we entered the basin, timing was right it must have been the earthquake. Of course then our next concern was Hurricane Irene. We found a good, protected anchorage on up river in St Leonard's Creek and rode out the storm. 24 plus hours of torrential rain and almost as many hours with unrelenting winds, Cats Cradle held anchor and no damage. Mitzi was not pleased with any of it, and she let us know it by sitting on one of our laps throughout. Spent Sunday drying out and unwrapping sails, etc. moving back to NAS on Monday, where they only lost one boat to the storm.
Surprisingly, very little debris in the water as we pressed on to the Corrotoman river where we will do a routine haul-out, it has been 2 years since we gave the boat a good cleaning and bottom job, she really needs the attention.
The yard at Yankee Point is crammed with boats hauled for Irene and now unsure if they want to put them back in the water until Katia decides where she is going, so we will sit at anchor for the weekend just off Hills Creek where Alan & Patti have their cabin. They were lucky to have come through without damage to cabin, Whaler and truck, just a lot of tree limbs in the yard. Of course they had no power for several days so most of the refrigerator/freezer contents will have to be dumped, they are planning to be up here this weekend so we'll help them out cleaning up. Word is that Alan's Mini-Cooper (less than a year old) flooded up to the windows while sitting in Hampton, but everything else was good for them.
Once we get hauled out, expectations are that we will be 3-4 weeks in the yard, then head south before any snow flurries, who knows the way mother nature has been behaving lately.
Hope all stayed safe.
Surprisingly, very little debris in the water as we pressed on to the Corrotoman river where we will do a routine haul-out, it has been 2 years since we gave the boat a good cleaning and bottom job, she really needs the attention.
The yard at Yankee Point is crammed with boats hauled for Irene and now unsure if they want to put them back in the water until Katia decides where she is going, so we will sit at anchor for the weekend just off Hills Creek where Alan & Patti have their cabin. They were lucky to have come through without damage to cabin, Whaler and truck, just a lot of tree limbs in the yard. Of course they had no power for several days so most of the refrigerator/freezer contents will have to be dumped, they are planning to be up here this weekend so we'll help them out cleaning up. Word is that Alan's Mini-Cooper (less than a year old) flooded up to the windows while sitting in Hampton, but everything else was good for them.
Once we get hauled out, expectations are that we will be 3-4 weeks in the yard, then head south before any snow flurries, who knows the way mother nature has been behaving lately.
Hope all stayed safe.
posted by carol & bernie at 2:32 PM
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