Winds got up to 45 k off the starboard beam with waves coming in thru thru main entrance channel at 3' (Linda says 4'-5' as they crashed over our bow). With five fenders down we still bumped rather violently against the "T" dock. I had to keep pushing the bumpers back down between Kuhela and the concrete dock. Bump, bump until we finally gave up at 4 am and went to bed. The winds had diminished to 25-30nk by that time. Unfortunately, once again, little rain to fill our tanks. In the morning I tied gallon jugs to the bottom of the bumpers which held them down. We also got three used tired which we covered in Sunbrella and hung them from the dock between the bumpers: we should be good to go.
Ok Monday, 8/81/15, we got the outboard back, put it on the dingy, rowed back to Kuhela a put it back on the davitts in preparation to follow Erika to Florida by plane. We forgot several things which we managed to get done belatedly, but still forgot one 'till we got to Orlando: the water catcher. I called Gabriel Rivera of Good Timing who will be able to drive out and pull the line out of the water line connection and screw in the cap. Bless you, Gabriel! Getting old is not for the faint of heart.
Erika is here as a TS at best in the Gulf: lots of rain but little high wind, just what PR dreamed of and pined for; too bad it's wasted in Florida with flooding. Weather reports show more rain over at least the next 3-4 days.
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