Halloween: dressed as sailors
10/31/06-11/2/06
Let’s stop now… no now… no now
October 30th ended with a bang as we dinned with our college friend Emily at a Turkish restaurant. It would prove to be our last firm ground encounter for 60 hours, well almost. As it turns out, our GPS chart plotter isn’t as accurate as we would hope. As we left Sheepshead bay we strayed from the channel only slightly in so called 18 ft of water we felt the boat skip along the bottom. Luckily we only skimmed what lay beneath us and were able to float away from the experience knowing that we can not rely on the GPS to the extent we do. The rest of the day was spent beating south along the
The night proved calm and our watches were uneventful (seas 2-3, wind 15 knots) until a spotlight blinded us. We noticed there was a freighter heading our direction as evident by his port navigation light. It seemed as if the freighter would pass easily across our bow until we received a radio hail on Ch16 demanding we stay clear. Not fully trusting our depth perception we decided to tack back just to be certain we would not cross his path. During the process of tacking a blinding spotlight shattered our night vision. Clearly the freighter was still concerned about the little blip on his radar. We completed the tack sure that we were no where near the path of the freighter only this time when night returned we saw the starboard navigation light indicating that while we were blinded he decided to change course as well just to make sure we were gobbled by his bow. Frustrated and confused we clumsily tacked again. Our night vision returned long before our nerves.
Early on November 1st the wind shifted and we were able to fallow a much more direct route. This left us at
With the engine up and running again, we proceeded to motor-sailed to
Odometer: 539
4 Comments:
At 12:03 PM, Anonymous said…
Enjoy reading your journel. Good luck! Cathy and Phil
At 1:29 PM, Anonymous said…
what do you need the water pump for? In the video there's water all around you!
At 7:18 PM, Anonymous said…
Your videos don't have sound. Do something!
-Kara
At 2:39 AM, Q said…
you guys have such patience! I admire your ability to go with the flow... even if it means motoring against the flow!
Thanks for the videos.
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