All I Can Do IS Wait !

SHIP'S LOG:

One day did not make all that much a change in the path of KATIA, who is only a Tropical Storm, but is expected to brew up into a Hurricane. Right now, she is taking dead aim at the North Carolina/South Carolina border and is expected to be a Category 1 by the time she gets there in mid week. Then again, she could fall apart, me a serious course change, or simply go away. Who knows? Nobody at NOAA that's for sure! The "moderate" winds they predicted for yesterday caused only one boat to be dismasted during the "Around Fishers Island Race."

I have not finished putting ABISHAG back together yet. True most of the really big jobs are done already, but it makes no sense to do the whole thing only to have to undo it if KATIA pays us a visit. Wednesday should be more than enough time to determine whether or not she is coming up here with serious intent and to be able to storm proof ABISHAG again.

I have been checking around for winter storage and it looks as though I might be heading up the Connecticut River to Portland. It seems that they are offering the best deal . I have been thinking that it will be a good thing to get her out of the water and really do some serious work on some of those large, long delayed projects. Her bottom really needs work and it is perhaps the one project that absolutely needs to be done out of the water.

The Cheoy Lee that broke loose from our mooring field did more than just sink. After she rammed the Queen Merry and went up on the rocks over near Electric Boat, the storm surge literally broke her to pieces. Whereas "HERON", the Pearson was holed twice, the Cheoy Lee "DAYBREAK" was battered to pieces such that the no hull nor deck remains. The security camera at EB have it all on tape. While they are not released publicly, I am sure that the owner - former owner - will get a copy.I am not sure I would want one or watch it if I were he.

We don't seem to have much in the way of wind heading our way for the day. The air his thick and heavy and right now there is a lot of overcast. Doesn't bode well for sailing today!