I see that I forgot to turn the SPOT on when I left Solomons. I tend to need a checklist when I've been sitting in one place for a while.
I'm in a quite secure slip in Oxford's well protected Town Creek at the invitation of a friend. This seemed like a better bet than my berth near the harbor entrance in Solomons when I came over here a couple days ago but it now appears that I'll only be 50 miles from the projected landfall. That puts it in someone-shooting-at-an-apple-on-your-head territory but winds are still predicted to be less than 40 kts in the gusts here as it's all land between Oxford and Lewes where it looks like Sandy will come ashore.
The winds will blow right down the creek but the fetch is only about half a mile and I've ridden out worse than that at anchor. My friend's 45 footer is to windward on the other side of the solid dock. Storm surge should not be a problem here with N, NE winds blowing water down the bay.
Strong NW winds will probably keep me here until near the end of next week but I have a number of friends in town and am enjoying a respite from the wandering life. I have plenty of books to wait out the biblical rains predicted. I probably should go out and start rounding up animals two by two though.
I'm in a quite secure slip in Oxford's well protected Town Creek at the invitation of a friend. This seemed like a better bet than my berth near the harbor entrance in Solomons when I came over here a couple days ago but it now appears that I'll only be 50 miles from the projected landfall. That puts it in someone-shooting-at-an-apple-on-your-head territory but winds are still predicted to be less than 40 kts in the gusts here as it's all land between Oxford and Lewes where it looks like Sandy will come ashore.
The winds will blow right down the creek but the fetch is only about half a mile and I've ridden out worse than that at anchor. My friend's 45 footer is to windward on the other side of the solid dock. Storm surge should not be a problem here with N, NE winds blowing water down the bay.
Strong NW winds will probably keep me here until near the end of next week but I have a number of friends in town and am enjoying a respite from the wandering life. I have plenty of books to wait out the biblical rains predicted. I probably should go out and start rounding up animals two by two though.
