The Aftermath!

Day 101, November 10th, 2009
Dawn came, sky overcast, wind blowing, everything wet and soggy. Wet clothes everywhere. The mattress in the quarter berth was all wet where we'd thrown the wet sail bag and canvas bag. Clutter! Ugh!!! I hate being in a mess!

The first job was to have a warm shower and put the wet clothes in the laundry. When I first got up there to the marina building I thought they'd had a flood as all their maintenance equipment was out in the breezeway and the maintenance room was wet and getting hosed down. I put the washing in and didn't think about it much, but later in the day I understood the situation better. Apparently the laundry machines had only just got put back when I got there.
There hadn't been any flooding. The guys were just putting everything back. They had prepared for the hurricane by putting all their machinery (i.e. electric saws, grinders, etc. plus the two washers and two dryers) into a big trailer and driven them all out to high ground. They obviously have quite the routine to protect the marina equipment as well as to go around and move boats and tie them off securely.

Anyway, the laundry got done and I updated the blog. We couldn't do a whole lot with the boat as the wind was still blowing pretty hard. John got the dodger back on but we held off with the bimini and the jib and decided to leave the double lines for another day.

In the afternoon Diane and I played Scrabble. Quiet evening at home. It was good to chat on skype and tell family at home we were still alive to tell the tale!