Day 120, Sunday October 20
The day starts early as it is not much after midnight when
we hear the wind generator starting to whirl a bit stronger than expected. A cold front is passing and the gusts are up
to 28 knots (~55 kms.) Julie is up on
watch in the cockpit ready to start the engine if the anchor drags. It is a beautiful full moon night so you can
see the boats anchored in the basin.
There is a concern that another boat could drag and run into us. We have been happy with our anchoring systems
so far, and this wind is not as bad as the squall in Pelee Island. By 3 a.m. Julie has drifted in and out of
sleep, Dawson gets up to take over the
next watch on deck. Dawson thinks to
turn on the radio and starts chatting up the neighbours to find out what is
going on. Sure enough Guillaume is awake
and informs us he has already helped the single handed sailor beside us
relocate as he was dragging. We look to
where he was and there is a new boat there.
Where did it come from? No one on
deck..... A couple hours pass and suddenly there is some activity on the new
neighbours boat. They have woken up and
realized their anchor had dragged and they are run aground. Dawson and Guilaulme offer their assistance
and soon are whizzing out in their dinghies to help kedge the 32 foot boat off
the muck. The boat they are helping is
called Meridian and sailed by 3 young men in their 20’s. They are learning some
of their lessons the hard way. They are
a bit frustrated. The wind finally dies
down a bit by around 7 so Dawson comes off shift and we get some shut eye until
about 10.
Today we are touring Cape May. We head into the town which is about a mile
by dinghy and Gwen and Guillaume and Dawson get soaked as it is a bit choppy and
we are going against the waves. By the
time we dock Dawson has had a salt water shower. Luckily it is fairly warm so everything dries
on the walk into town. We pick up a few
marine items we need and then go to the main street. On the way we pass numerous unique
architectural homes. Everything is clean
and neat. A very nice town. Main street is hosting a Halloween warm up so
the street is closed to traffic and all the shops are hosting trick or treat
and numerous families are all dressed up with their children walking the
streets and shops. We garnered a few
dress up ideas for our Halloween party that is coming up.
After touring about we head over to the Lobster House for an
early dinner along the waterfront. It is
very good, but we are all very tired from our lack of sleep. We head back to the mother ships on the
dinghy, stopping at Cathy and Kim’s ship Quiescence for a nightcap. We also see a few other new boats in harbour
that we have befriended along the way.
Everyone is slowly making their way south now that the canal fiasco is
behind us.
We are in our jammies by 7:44 hoping for a quiet night on
the water.
Cheers
Julie and Dawson
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