HURRICANE IRENE, Castine , Maine.
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sun 28 Aug 2011 17:02
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SUNDAY 28th AUGUST
2011
This morning was wet, real wet, it had rained all
night, but no leaks,
The number of boats keeps increasing in the
Cove and skipper let out anothe 10m on chain , to be sure , to be
sure,
Skipper readjusted the
actuator settings on the generator and
she sounds much better now, running
much more smoothly and quitely, skipper loves
fiddling with the engines,
Yesterday, later in the
afternoon, approx, 3.45 pm, we hopped into the dingy and motored over to Castine
where we
got 4pm Mass, the priest was young enough but had
zero personality,
On our way back to the town, we stopped and
went for a gawlk in the " Trinity Episcopal Church " a real classical stone
chapel
with a steep roof, The exposed stone internally and
open rafters were an Architectural gem.
There we met the Rev. Peg Thomas, whose great,
great granfather lived in cork ( around 1860 she thinks ) His name was
Reeve's
We were wondering if they were related to Gordan
& Penny Reeve's .....
Anyway, it seems that Mr Reeve's daughter left Cork
and emigrated to the U.S. or Canada, and our Reverned friend Peg is
her decendent.
Later , we had dinner in a fantastic Inn, called
the " Pentagoet Inn " the reception room
was covered wall to wall,
and floor to ceiling with pictures and photo's of
world leaders, like Castro, and all that stuff,
The food was excellent, skipper had Scollops and
Aileen had Short ribs, like a stew, all just great,
Later again, we had to use a hand held compass to
navigate the 2 miles back to the boat in heavy fog, but the wind was
light,
the calm before the storm, and we arrived safe and
sound, we immidiatly lifted the dingy onto the derricks in anticipation of
"Irine"
comming during the night.
Then the rain came as we hit the
scratcher, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Back to Today, as we sit
here, having had some food and coffee, and the barrys tea we got from Shane
Flynn, we listen
to the wind increasing, 2 hours ago, we had
15knots, now we have 35 nkots wind and steadily increasing,
" A Lady" is careering around and straining hard on
the 60m of anchor chain , mind you, sooooo are all the other 86
boats
in the harbor ( the number of boats is
increasing all the time, )
Are we happy we have a spade anchor and not the CQR
that was originally with the boat, Touch wood, we have never dragged
this anchor , soooooooo this will be a real test,
So far, the strongest winds when we were
anchored was 40 knots, but this could be a lot more,
Skipper must sign off now and go check the
equipment as the wind is begining to scream through the rigging,,
We are like a bunch of lambs waiting for the
slaughter to take place,
Signed :-- Stephen Hyde ( skipper
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