March 28th - Time to head back South again. We return to Green Turtle. Fugue, the boat next to us in the marina tells us of the night they had in White Sound (where the marina is) on Monday night. They were anchored and the wind got up and they dragged across the Sound. They started up the engine and tried to anchor another three times but each time they dragged. They motored around for a 3-4 hours and then saw a private dock and decided they didn't care if they got chewed out the next day so they tied up to it. In fact the owner did come down the next day but was very sympathetic and said they did the right thing.
What a week for weather. Another boat came into the marina that had anchored out on Monday night. They were in a 55ft steel sail boat and when the anchor dragged they ended up stuck on the rocks (ironshore). They let off flares but no one noticed and then they called a May Day and the police turned up. With the help of another boat they were pulled off apparently with only scratches to the hull (I can't imagine this but he says he dived down to inspect it). When the police threw the tow rope back to him it missed and ended up wrapped around the prop. So they had to dive down to free that.
Syd is going out on the sport fish boat tomorrow, trading our 35HP diesel for twin 1,000HP. I'll let him blog about that.
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