Marathon - March 17

Today started out as a nice, quiet day where Darrell would make repairs and install things he hadn't had a chance to before we left. Beth was going to straightened up and try to find places for all of the things that hadn't been put away yet.


The wind had picked up during the night so we had a very nice breeze. It felt good. The wind continued to build (we discovered later it got to 30 knots) and suddenly we noticed that either our anchor was slipping or the rode was stretching. In either case, we were getting closer to some of the boats permanently anchored with 2 or 3 anchors holding them.


We had to move quickly. Darrell called the City Marina to see if they had any moorings available. Luckily they did. We hauled the dinghy and engine out of the water, pulled the anchor and motored over to the mooring. Beth picked up the pennant on the first pass and we were secured. With this wind we certainly felt more comfortable at a mooring than anchored.


A little later we dinghed into the marina to pay for the mooring and to shower. The water was pretty rough and Beth got pretty wet. She was not happy. Then back to the boat to finish the projects which had been started.


Lloyd and Carolyn Heim invited us to Amelia Rose this evening. Art and Jean will also be there. Hopefully we won't get too wet in the dinghy.