So the North Cove presents a new element to sailing. Moorings are
available. Locals may tell you there is enough water. But there
ain't!
During the worst of the storm today, I am watching and watching.
Charmed and many other similar sized resident boats around me are
lying the same way to wind and current. All is well.
But then a smaller boat starts swinging on its mooring, and it gets
closer and closer to Charmed. The smaller boat is clocking around
with the wind. Charmed is not. When the smaller boat gets within
about ten feet I finally figure out what is wrong with the picture.
Charmed and the other bigger boats are anchored in the mud!
So I start the engine and slug my way forward about ten feet, still on
the mooring. Viola! Deep water. Charmed swings and starts hanging
like the other smaller boats. There are still a dozen boats
stuck here in the mud. Based on the size and style of some of them,
some are in here with six foot drafts. It is too shallow for
Charmed's five feet, except at mid tide or above.
available. Locals may tell you there is enough water. But there
ain't!
During the worst of the storm today, I am watching and watching.
Charmed and many other similar sized resident boats around me are
lying the same way to wind and current. All is well.
But then a smaller boat starts swinging on its mooring, and it gets
closer and closer to Charmed. The smaller boat is clocking around
with the wind. Charmed is not. When the smaller boat gets within
about ten feet I finally figure out what is wrong with the picture.
Charmed and the other bigger boats are anchored in the mud!
So I start the engine and slug my way forward about ten feet, still on
the mooring. Viola! Deep water. Charmed swings and starts hanging
like the other smaller boats. There are still a dozen boats
stuck here in the mud. Based on the size and style of some of them,
some are in here with six foot drafts. It is too shallow for
Charmed's five feet, except at mid tide or above.
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