Monday, November 06, 2006
What's normal?
On our 140 mile trip, aboard the Miami Star to St. Marys last week we encountered:
1. Hot Weather [I got sunburn].
2. Cold weather [fleece under foul weather gear].
3. Shallow water [you could see the mud stirred up].
4. Fog [delayed our arrival by 3-4 hours].
5. Rain.
6. Big Ass Ships [most dangerous thing to small craft].
7. Alarm bells [carbon monoxide detector in engine room at 3:00 AM and VHF radio alarm when we passed submarine work area].
8. Plugged head [gag].
9. Head winds [something every sailor hates].
10. Dirt in the fuel.
11. Gale warnings [we beat the front by 12 hours].
Summary: yawn, just another boring trip on a sailboat.
