Thursday 30 June 2011

No Vacancy

wow the bay is filling up, all the park buoys are full, anchorage is getting full, boats are rafting in groups of 5 and six and it is only thursday night!!!!!... let the weekend begin.....

be safe my friends...

NO moorage july 1st

Ganges government dock, the big breakwater, has signs up that say"NO MOORAGE AFTER 4PM JULY 1ST DUE TO FIREWORKS"   so if you are needing the pump out out get it done before 4 or just some day moorage try the ganges marina or the government dock that is farther in...

ya for the firworks....

The Long weekend

is just about here,  the buoys are full this morning at |Montague park, there should be movement around 10 this morning and some will be opening up,  there are lots of anchored boats, some rafting together still lots of room for more.   The wind has been breezy for the last couple of days, we encountered 25+ knots leaving ganges yesterday and it is still blowing up to 15 knots here in Montague...  the sky is overcast but lets hope we see the sun...  the pies are in, the bread is rasing...

The weather for june 3oth.
Today Tonight and FridayWind southwesterly 10 to 15 knots backing to southeast 10 to 15 Friday morning.

be safe out there today ..

Wednesday 29 June 2011

you've been caught saving

gas!!!! and having a good time sailing out of ganges harbour.
stay safe out there my friends...

Monday 27 June 2011

Nanaimo south weather...

Nanaimo south weather....

Today Tonight and TuesdayWind variable 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 this evening then increasing to 15 to 20 late overnight. Wind diminishing to northwest 10 to 15 Tuesday morning.

I didn't leave

it up here!!! but what a great view...

keep safe out there my friends.

Sunday 26 June 2011

montgue's weather

from the weather station...

Today Tonight and MondayWind variable 5 to 15 knots becoming northwest 10 to 15 Monday evening.

Friday 24 June 2011

I was hoping

that my kids won the lotto and were delivering our new boat...
nobody has come over with the keys yet!!!!

Wednesday 22 June 2011

todays weather...

morning friends,,,,  here is the weather report for today for nanaimo south..

Today Tonight and ThursdayWind southeast 10 to 15 knots diminishing to light near noon then increasing to westerly 15 to 20 this evening. Wind diminishing to southerly 10 to 15 near noon Thursday.

remember your sunscreen and have a safe day on the water..

Monday 20 June 2011

Here they come!!!

This is what happens when the open signs are dropped....  good morning people..

elvis has left the building and so have we, see you on thursday

Sunday 19 June 2011

who me!!!!!

yes you, from calgary sitting on the deck of the atrevida enjoying blueberry scones... you were caught on camera have a great time.....

don't blink

if you did you probably missed the sun today,   we had a little sun a little rain and some wind...hows that for a great mixture of weather.... the weekend here in montague was a real mixed bag of everything.... HAPPY FATHERS DAY there to all the fathers....

Montague is filling up tonight, there are still some buoys open and lots of anchorage.... The buoy charge this year isw $12.00 per night.. great deal..... I can see that there are some boats anchored over in off of shell beach, great place to anchor as long as there is no northerly type winds.... 

stay safe my friends.
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Friday 17 June 2011

high and lows

another day here in Montague... have you looked at the tide charts, wow there are some real low, low tides and of course high tides.  what does this mean,   it means that the passes are going to really be running with strong currents. If you happen to enter one of them at the wrong time going the wrong way you may have trouble naviagating them or getting through them..  time your entries to co-inside with slack tides today..... Montague is a great place to sit and wait for slack as it is only a couple of miles to the entry of Active and 3-4 miles to porlier pass
here in montague most of the buoys were full and a handful of boaters anchoring.. lots of boats leaving early to catch the slack at active,  porlier or dodds narrows this morning... .it's overcast today and a little chilly, here's hoping that summer will soon find us. The weather today from the enviornment canada  Today Tonight and SaturdayWind southeast 10 to 15 knots diminishing to light late this morning then becoming northwest 15 Saturday evening.

okay boaters stay safe out there and watch out for those migrating rocks....

Thursday 16 June 2011

caught on camera

smiling and licking her fingers while on the back deck of the atrevida, and yes the cin-buns are that good.....


hello to everyone on Guemes Island Wash...

oh dear where did we go

wrong, the canucks lost...... whoo is vancouver, and they acted just awful... what was with the riots in the streets.... shame on vancouver.....  Congradulations to the Boston Bruins for a well played game, and the best team did win.....

okay now to montague.... it is very calm here , the kind of calm when all the boats reflections are showing in the waters. there are lots of buoys open and lots of anchorage space, the bread has just come out of the oven the cin-buns are raising and it is going to be a great day.   see you on the water my friends.

keep safe, drive safe, boat safe...

Wednesday 15 June 2011

GAME DAY GAME DAY

Okay hockey fans this is it!!!!!!! G|O CANUCKS GO....  we were in ganges thismorning getting insurance for our truck and the insureance agency game me a stick on tattoo , so I am supporting a great looking whale tattoo on my cheek,   cheeky of me I know...... 
So we are off to montague the sun is shinnning they are calling for wind warnings for today and I do not want to get beat up again in the blowhole ganges, so off to montague we goooooooooooo.   we will be the ones with the horns blowing when the canucks score..... yayayayayayayyayaya  open for business on thrusday, taking orders today if you can see us on the boat until about 4.30ish,,,,,then it's  HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday 14 June 2011

never a dull moment

living on the water.  yesterday we made the trip to ganges in hopes of watching the hockey game... after we anchored the wind started to blow. up to 40knots here in the blowhole....ughhhhh, we were blowen around and bounced up and down could'nt leave the boat to go watch our team, no doubt that is why they lost, they missed our cheering...please mother nature be kind to us today as we have so much to do....

Monday 13 June 2011

Where are you watching

the game tonight, all over BC there are people planning to leave work early, get together and watch the game.  I do beleive we will be traveling a couple of hours later today to go to ganges to watch. how about you??? where will you be, will it be somewhere in years gone by that you will remember...

The weather today looks a little blustery, some wind, some rain and just lousy weather over all.
from the weather office....
Today Tonight and TuesdayWind southeast 5 to 15 knots increasing to southwest 15 to 20 late this afternoon then diminishing to variable 5 to 10 overnight. Wind increasing to west 15 Tuesday evening.

So if you are going out today be careful on the water, be careful on the byways as there are going to be partiers out there no matter which way the hockey game goes, win or lose...

Sunday 12 June 2011

You have been caught on camera

smiling and having a good time kayacing in Montague harbour

Thanks for stopping by...

Our Life on the Sea

Hello my friends, just thought I would post a link to my book, Life on the Sea,  I have posted a few stories and thought I would share the link to my site if you wanted to have all the stories..This is in the form of an E-book in PDF ,  easy to receive through e-mail.

Hello Barcalonia

After a bit of a language barrier, lots of hand signals A happy group from Barcalonia kayacing on our beautiful waters munching on fresh cinnimon buns ...

This morning the sunsrise was colorful showing reds and oranges,  red sky in the morning sailors take warning,  with the calm waters in the bay it is hard to heed the old sailors saying, a quick look at the weather reenforces the need to be careful out there today as the winds may pick up .
The bay has lots of boats in this morning, most buoys are full and serveral anchored out.  still lots of room for everybody

stay safe out there today my friends..


Saturday 11 June 2011

you've be caught on Camera

Taking off in the park boundaries of Montague Provenical Park....



Hockey and sunsets

So did you watch last night????  Did all the people in the \oyster catcher in Ganages erupt?? That was great hockey played by both teams.  When teams play like that there really is no loser. A fast playing, clean game of course it made it better that our team won!!! now on to Boston. I wonder if the game will revert to the out and out brawl that happened the last time. I hope not..

okay here in Montague it is rather quite, a handful of boats on buoys and a few anchored.  the weather looks not to bad for today.   From the weather office: Wind light becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late overnight.Wind light becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots late overnight. There is a forecast for heavery winds later today but nothing earth shattering.    With the beautiful sunsets happening here in Montague it makes it perfect to just sit on the back deck and sip a glass of wine and enjoy the evening. okay friends keep safe out there today and watch for logs in the water...


  land living is dry..

Friday 10 June 2011

Squamish -from "Our life on the water"

Squamish Native word meaning "big wind"
                   A windy night with anchors dragging, and everyone is yelling. This is the definition of a Squamish. A freaky wind that comes from a surprising direction that no one is expecting and wind with an extraordinary strength that seem like gale force or worse.
This was a warm sunny Saturday; there were approximately 200 boats in the bay. Boats were anchored everywhere. There are only 36 buoys in the bay so we spent most of the day doing what all boaters do, being entertained by watching the masses anchor once all of the buoys are taken. Needless to say there were some real antics going on. As the sun set and everyone was settling down for the evening it seemed like a perfect end to a beautiful summer day. I had to be up again at 4:30 am which comes early so I was in bed by 10 pm. In the deepest of sleeps the first thing I heard was my husband telling me that the wind was up and boats were dragging. This is always scary, not only for the boats dragging but for the ones still hanging on to their anchor. There is always the fear that the ones dragging will drag right over your anchor or even smash into your boat. As I looked out I could see that we were not the only ones up. There were lights popping on all over the bay.
                   Out in the dark we could hear people yelling, voices filled with worry and horror that they were dragging. We switched on our huge floodlights and discovered two sailboats bearing down on us. Neither boat could start their motor. One of the boats was heading right for our bow. Our boat the
              So now it is one in the morning and everyone is wide-awake. With the coffee freshly made I offered everyone a cup. Discussions about what happened were on going. The boat that we had tied up on our starboard side had decided to pull in their anchor. When they did this a curious thing happened. As they pulled in their rode, the sailboat on our port side moved. So now we knew what had happened to the second sailboat's motor. He had scooped up the first sailboat's anchor rode in his prop. The problem was that when we swung during the night, the sail boat tied to our starboard side and with him being connected to the sailboat on our port side, his anchor line would tangle up our anchor line. This is not a good thing.
There was nothing anyone could do, but take all the anchor rode from the starboard side sailboat and give it to the port side sailboat. Have I confused you yet? If not, you are doing better than most. After the transfer of the anchor rode things seemed to settle down. The wind finally abated and most of the boats had re-anchored. Some headed right to the marina and tied up for the night.
As morning came it was a strange picture. With one sailboat tied to our starboard and another anchored just 10 feet off our port, we got some really strange looks. In the light
Atrevida is a big boat, 80 feet long, she used to be a BC commissioned ferry. When standing on the bridge you are around 27 feet off the water. I can only imagine how terrified the people on the dragging sailboat must have felt when we turned on our floodlights and lit up our bow. In fact, the yelling increased in volume. There was nothing they could do, with no motor and an anchor that was not holding, all they could do was yell. And that they did. As they came closer we were now telling them to put their fenders down, as a hit was eminent. With boat poles out and fenders down the sailboat slid down our anchor cable and bounced off our bow. They tossed us their bow line and we pulled them to us and tied them to our starboard side. As we tightened up the ropes from our boat to theirs we decided that it was safer to have them stay the night tied to us then have them try to re-anchor. On the other side of us another sailboat was dragging and in trouble. He had started his motor when he started dragging but the motor died and he was at the mercy of the wind. We watched as he played out all his rode (anchor cable) and finally his anchor caught. We offered to tie him up to our port side but he said that he would be fine. If he had more problems he would blow his air horn and then we could go with the dinghy and pull him over to us and tie him up. of the day things seem to be much simpler. As we helped the first sailboat recover his anchor from the second sailboat, it was apparent that it was not the anchor rode that was tangled in his prop but his painter line from his dingy. The second sailboat had truly just dragged over the first sailboat's anchor, unsetting it. By 8 am I was donning my scuba diving equipment to see if I could free his painter line from around his prop. There was only 5 or 6 wraps around the prop and shaft. A few minutes of work and everything was set right. By 10 that morning both sailboats were on their way to other bays and more summer adventures. Hopefully not the kind of adventures we all just went through.



Thursday 9 June 2011

uuugggghhhhh....

What in the world was with that game last night,  the NHL has tried for years now to reduce the amount of unnesessary violince in hockey, if last night is the prelude of what is to become of hockey we are tuning out...  I Think the time of the "goon squad" is over and that is just what the Boston Bruins were protraying.... Having to watch poor losers is one thing,   poor winners is what the Boston Bruins were and it stinks...
Okay off my soap box....  \looks like nice weather today and we are heading  back to Montague,  the pies just came out of the oven and the bread is raising,  going to  be a little wind from the north but montague should be well protected from it.... see ya there friends..

keep safe on the water....

Wednesday 8 June 2011

morning friends..

how is everybody this beautiful sunny morning..   game day.... okay the last one was the shits lets just forget it and move on.... go Canucks go...

A beautiful boat called "Lady M" was in ganges yesterday and left this morning wow it was some boat for sure, other than that the bay here in ganges is very quite.. we are the only "visitor" boat anchored and the docks are pretty empty.  Maybe it is midweek, maybe every one is staying home for the big game, maybe , maybe, maybe,.....  Well so much for my report today, see ya all in \montague on Thursday...

keep safe my friends...

Monday 6 June 2011

And here comes the wind!!!

The forecast for today folks is up to 30 knots!!!!!  batten down the hatches and tie down your tarps this could get really windy today... good news is it will let up later today so here we go again. 
There are plenty of boats in Montague this morning, lots enjoying fresh cin-buns, lots leaving early to catch the currents through Active and Porlier passes... About half the buoys are empty and  not very many anchored.  at least the sun is shinning today...

keep safe out there...  GO CANUCKS GO!!!  5oclock game start..... counting down to the Stanely cup, 2 games to win....... And whats with the calgaryians,  abc... anyone but canucks!!! whats with that.!!!


keep safe out there and shorten those sails today....

Sunday 5 June 2011

Sunday morning boats adragging..,

Blow wind blow,  It has been blowing 20+ knots here all morning, boats are dragging and jocking for positions, some have reanchored serval times now and still no luck and of course there are those rafted together that just keep moving.. I have yet to see an anchor stamped with "built for Two"... Montague is a  good anchorage, ya just need to let it all hang out....

keep safe my friends.

Did you watch

The game!!!!!  GO CANUCKS GO... after so many years of disappointments watching the playoffs can this really be happening.... omg they are still in the running, in fact we need just 2 more game wins and for the first time in a long time the Stanly Cup may be coming home....  wow ,  we dingyed over to a friends who tied to a buoy and then stern tied so that their satilite would work so we could watch, the rest of the bay hoped onto the hummingbird  pub bus and went to the pub.  what a night, 10 seconds into overtime and Burrows did it again...  
okay now for the montague report,  lots of boats in the bay, only a couple of buoys were open last night and there were lots of boats rafted together,  summer is here, people are out, what a great weekend, I do imagine that come noon there will be a big sucking sound as the boats all leave to go home for the work week but if this is any indication of the boats out there, make sure you are here for a buoy at least by noon.  The pies are in, the bread is out and the cin-buns are raising,   everything is good to go here, how about with you...

see ya on the water ,   stay safe..

Saturday 4 June 2011

it's game day and the sun

is out, doesn't matter where you are if you are a canuck fan the day holds lots of great things tocome, here in montague the sun is out this morning and not very many clouds the wind is blowing here around 15 knots, so a little breezy for sure,  boats are on the move so the buoys are opening up. The hummingbird is getting ready for the game, us, well I am getting the chicken wings ready and the bean salad... we are closing a little early so we can watch the game.....  so come people,  get out that and enjoy either the game or the sun or your boat...

see ya soon,

Friday 3 June 2011

Montague Report, Friday evening

The bay is filling up, there are still some buoys open, maybe 10 at most, lots of room to anchor in the south end.  The hummingbird bus is running on the weekends.  Good timing as the hummingbird pub has a big screen TV for the Game tommorow. a 5oclock start people, so get in early ... 

see everyone tomorrow..

our life on the water!!

THE HAUL OUT Is there anything out there that is as scary as a haul out. I think not...With our previous vessel we had a wonderful system worked out.... Lee did the haul out and I just disappeared until it was over.
Living on your boat presents special problems, but with grown children and parents not living very far away it was a good time for me to move in with them for a couple of days. One of the problems with moving on to this 65' foot boat, is that it does take two to maneuver her around. To let her lines go from the dock and to give the captain encouragement. As our first haul out looms, the ease of escaping disappears. I am needed. Days before the big event we have begged, pleaded and asked all our friends to come out and give us a hand. This
might be a good place to explain that the ways that we are booked on are familiar to us. We have been hauling out our other boat at this place for years. We have a lot of faith in the owner. The problem being is that one must travel between two marinas with expensive boats protruding out just a little father than the docks. The space between the two marinas must be 100 feet.(the reason I know this, is our boat is 65'long and with the davits it reaches around 75'long and there is no room for us to turn around once we start down towards the ways) The corridor is approx.1000 feet long to the ways. Just before one reaches the ways there is a little dog leg in the approach. The process of reaching the ways is very intimidating. Hence the call for support from neighbors, friends and just about anybody else we could find. The high tide of this day is at 1.30 in the morning. So rousing our helpers at that time was miraculous. I am still amazed at the army of people who came to help or even watch at that ungodly hour. The day of the haul
~ 35 ~ out we visited all the boats of the two marinas and asked that they perhaps nudge their boats into their dock spaces as much as they could. For the boats that had absentee owners we received permission from the two marinas to tighten up their lines, as long as we released them when we where finished. Everyone one was very helpful and wonderful. Kudos to all those people who showed up at 1.30 in the morning to help.
We released the lines from our buoy and proceeded toward the ways. We had several helpers onboard as we made ourway towards the ways. We arrived a little early and idled outside the marina for awhile. It was such a relief to hear and see our army of helpers with their
boat poles standing at the end of most of the fingers of the docks on either side of the channel... Were they there to help us or protect their own boats? At this particular time to tell the truth I could have cared less what their reason, but I did assure them that there would be plenty of refreshments on board after we had gotten the boat up on the ways. As 1:30 approached we bolster our selves and lined up the Atrevida and started the passage of rights. The gods of the night were helping us, the slight wind that played havoc all day suddenly died, although the moon didn't make her appearance the night was not dark. The currents were slack, if there ever was a time to do this it was now. Engaging the engine into forward, we started down that long and lonely channel. All was going well. Crawling at a snails pace, everything seemed to be going well. Our army of friends all shouting encouragement. As we neared the ways we could see we needed to maneuver the boat to the port, but going at this speed we did not have any power. A quick reverse maneuver to head off the inevitable. The 90 ton vessel is not responding. She wants to go to starboard. We are now only 40 feet or so from the safety of the ways but it might as well be a mile. I have visions of slamming into several boats that are dead ahead. Suddenly I could feel Atrevida lumber to
~ 36 ~ the port but it was not soon enough. The boats dead behind are now in serious trouble. Does this sound like bumper cars. Well once again the gods from somewhere came through.
Mike, a friend, who owns a small tug appears out of the night like magic and places his boat between us and the onslaught of destined bumper boats.With his tug he pushes our front end around and lines it up with the ways. A small burst of forward speed and Atrevida slips on to the ways and rests ever so gently as we tie up the side of her to the pilings. A near disaster averted. A cheer goes up from our army.Yes we are relived, grateful and all those other things that pass for emotions at a time like this.
The owner of the ways put his huge wench into action and started the ways on an upward motion and the process of pulling the Atrevida out of the water starts. Moments later the owner shuts the wench down and walks down the ramp with a troubled look on his face. The Atrevida is not sitting quite right on the traveler. she is listing to the port side. This presents the problem of her not sitting right on her keel. So back we go into the water and the question of how to make her sit properly is now under hot discussion. The solution it seems is to put some weight on the starboard side so when she is hauled up she will sit properly on her keel. The solution is to bring our army of helpers onboard and have them stand on the starboard side of the boat. Mike and his trusty vessel comes once more to our aid and transfers our army of helpers on board. Once the transfer is done the huge wench comes to life and pulls the Atrevida once more out of the water. The site of a 65' foot ex BC Ferry being pulling out of the water is something one has to see to believe. 3:30 finds us sitting at a rather strange angle dispersing refreshment to all. With our boat sitting high and dry, and a
~ 37 ~ somewhat relived captain, we can now watch as the workers of the marina will be power washing and painting and replacing zinc's. Our work is over for the time being, that is until the reverse procedure of going back in happens.....
As is turns out, after our boat was washed , painted and checked over, the procedure of going back into the water was not as hair-raising as the coming out. With Mike and his trusty tug, we put a bridle on the back and he pulled us out into open water and we steamed back to our buoy with out further incident. The haul out completed. I think I will disappear the next time and reappear when it is all over. I just am not made to handle these stressful incidents...... I truly think this is a man- thing, as they seem to be able to handle these things with a lot more calm.
Do I sound like am I whimping out..... you bet


Thursday 2 June 2011

The Montague report:

Atrevida here reporting from Montague,,,,  wet,rainy and cold,  oh lots of buoys and lots of anchoring room... what a dreary day this is.. so Thought I would cheer you up with some tasty treat pictures.
check out these fresh baked homemade sausage rolls..

and to keep you warm while you travel from your boat to ours how about a handmade, handwoven blue plaid scarf...

hurry  and come on over, the cin-buns are just coming out of the oven..
keep off those rocks friends...






Wednesday 1 June 2011

Atrevida the Floating Bakery: Our Boat Comes To Life!!!!

Atrevida the Floating Bakery: Our Boat Comes To Life!!!!: "Our boat comes to life....... The weekend was lousy. Not much sun but a lot of rain and just plain crappie weather. As all good boaters do,..."

Our Boat Comes To Life!!!!

Our boat comes to life....... The weekend was lousy. Not much sun but a lot of rain and just plain crappie weather. As all good boaters do, we check the weather channel on the vhf on a regular basis. As we were sitting down after a busy session of selling our baking we turned on the weather. The winds were starting to build and we wanted to see just how much more it was going to build. The words 40-60 knots of wind coming from the S.E. blared out. Any one who has been anchored in Montaque knows that the bay is only partially protected from the S,E. We have been in this bay when the winds have been high, so we though it was best to get while the getting was good. In less than 15 minutes we had put away our signs, stored everything we thought would fly around and lifted anchor for home. We realized that the 3 hour trip home might prove interesting but hopefully we would be ahead of the storm that had been forecasted. As we entered the tricomoli channel we could see the seas building. The chance of a smooth trip home was not to be. Now the Atrevida is built in such a way that if we head directly into the waves or ride the waves from the stern it is not likely that we will even know such a sea is building. But to reach Southy point, (north most point on Saltspring) we have to cross the channel. As we inched our way across the channel the waves were reaching five and six feet in height. As soon as we tried to turn a little sideways to cross the channel Atrevida would start to roll from side to side. Things we thought were put away suddenly found a life of their own. The china cabinet in the upper salon was the first to gain life. We were concentrating on the helm when a crash in the salon alerted us of the cabinet springing to life. Once the cabinet was secured a check of the rest of our possessions was entered upon. As Lee entered the galley, a stainless steel trolley fixed with wheels, I use ~ 42 ~ for baking, chased him around. It came at him from the opposite side of the galley and then rolled back to the wall. It was not finished its taste of freedom. It then came at him once again and rolled into the cupboards that separated the galley from the dinning room.(fancy word for the area we have our table in). The job of harnessing this trolley was comical. After it spewed the contents of the three shelves it waited once more for another wave to give it more movement. Lee took advantage of this lull and captured the errant trolley and wedged our tea towels under the wheels to stop it from moving. As Lee once more joined me on the bridge he explained the incident and said there was a little bit of mess on the floor in the galley, and thought best to leave it there until we reached calmer water. I agree why clean it up right now, there may be more added to it. As the waves and the seas continued to build and the rocking motion of the boat continued Lee made many trips aft to check on everything. We watch with surprise as a sailboat of approx. 40 feet was being lifted on the waves until you could see the keel and then slammed back down in the valley of the next wave. A fishing boat was also beating into the waves., taking a lot of green sea over the bow. The one surprising event that happened was our cat never got sick. Our cat who gets sea-sick on anchor when the wind and waves are up. There she sat sound asleep in a rocking chair in the salon. The motion of the boat was rocking the chair and she slept, like this was a completely nature thing. Ah the innocence of the picture was enough to calm my nerves. The trip to Southy Point was bumpy, and our adrenaline was running high. As we reached southy point and turned into the next channel, the water was calm. Protected in this channel from a SE wind, it gave us time to clean the galley and relax for the time being. The rest of the trip was surprisingly uneventful. The gusts of wind were coming at us up to 50 knots, but because of ~ 43 ~ the protection of Saltspring Island, there was relatively little wave action.
After a successful tie up to our buoy in Maple Bay, we sat down and discussed the trip. We came to the conclusion that next time we will head to the other side of Montaque Harbor and drop anchor. The South side of Montague harbor is well protected from SE winds. I must admit that the trip home was exhilarating, reminding us of our days on the sailboat beating into the wind with the sails up.
There were lots of calls to the coast guard on the V.H.F. radio of boats in distress. I am glad we have the Atrevida. She can handle the weather a lot better than we can. The experience of being in the storm proved to us how sound our boat is. Now if only we were as sound as our boat.......