Well this monster cold front came through on Sunday as predicted but fortunately the very strong winds were not that bad. It actually started blowing in the 20's Saturday afternoon and evening (not as forecast) then the front came across at 7:30am and rained and blew strong till 8:30am and then like a switch the wind died to 5 - 8kts for about 2 hours. Apparently there was a trough following the front that gave us the mild wind then it blew strong all day. Monday was still blowing strong but let up enough that we could re-launch the dinghy and go to Captain Jacks for BINGO night.
Monday night was uncomfortable because we were still swinging on the mooring and rocking a bit. Today is still windy but laying down to just under 20kts late this afternoon. Supposed to be light and variable by morning.
Tomorrow we are heading to Marsh Harbour and Mangoes Marina. I need to plug in and run a battery equalization on my batteries. They are charging but not deeply. We will do a major provisioning run and laundry while there for at least 2 days. Then back here to HopeTown for the next cold front passage.
Steve and Molly from YOLO joined us at Capn Jacks to play JACKS -- a modified BINGO game-- and played for the first time. Darn if Molly didn't win the first game. That was a surprise. Then I won the fourth game which was a surprise for me. Boy it feels good to win and get that pot of money. YOW!
Another lesson re-learned. The other morning some Cruiser got on the Cruiser's Net and complained about all the boats here in Hopetown running generators. He thought we should all have enough Solar Panels to avoid that. I thought what a wuss can't stand a little generator noise and exhaust. Well I've got my just desserts now. There is a large sailing vessel Cheng Tu in front of me -- about 30 yards away -- and with the wind direction I am directly behind him. Well for that last 2 days -- maybe longer -- he is running a built in generator 24 hours a day!! Ohh and that exhaust just frequently comes to our boat and on top of that the captain has a cigar in his mouth nearly all the time. So it is both diesel exhaust and cigar smoke. Sorry but I have to complain. The wind should change direction tonight and put him beside me and another boat will be astern him -- sorry for that boat.
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