Saturday, August 18, 2007
Grenada - It Ain't Over Til It's Over
So after seeing the extremely calm conditions Thursday night/Friday morning, we decided yesterday to take down our huge spider web of docklines. We went back to our normal configuration so that we could actually get off the boat (with the spider web we were suspended at least 3 or 4 feet off of all the piers so we were stuck unless we used the dinghy). Anyway we may have jumped the gun because in the evening on Friday we started seeing some steady 20 knot south winds gusting to 25 and it got a little rolly at the docks. Also it rained cats and dogs for a while. Sure enough, looking at the satellite imagery we were still feeling the last effects of Dean (not that Dean has dissipated at all, in fact it is strengthening as it moves westward toward the mainland). It wasn't uncomfortable at the dock, but we would've liked to see how the spider web of lines worked in wind and waves as opposed to flat calm. So we will be a little more patient and conservative next time (knock wood that there won't be a next time, of course).
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