Still at Port Salerno under cold, cloudy skys 'cause of the wind and our friends near here: Bill and Jose Andersen of S/V Caper who are getting ready in Indian Town 20 minutes away. We'll all transit to Mi-jami later next week to cross to Bimini, wind permitting, on our way south to warmer climes.
I left Linda to go to West Marine yesterday and she started drag racing across the anchorage. Eventhough she had started the engines, thank God for Dietmar aboard another sailing cat, Joker, who saw what was happening and came to help her re-anchor. Seems our CQR anchor (looks like a plow with a movable arm) isn't good for all conditions after all, especially a muddy bottom. So Dietmar put down not one but two anchors (Fortress and Danforth) stopping the race just before she hit the Hinckley Marine dock: ok, she still had 20 feet to go. She was in first place as two other boats did the same thing with the same CQR anchors. When I returned we move back into the center of the anchorage and re-set both "proper" anchors. So far so good: swinging around the anchors as the wind and tide change, but no dragging. Only cost me a beer and a couple of single malt scotches to show my/our appreciation.
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