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$26.99 Andy has been at the marina every day and some days a couple of times. This was a crazy storm. It turned south of us at the last minute and made landfall in Fort Myers just one mph short of a cat 5! We went out to the boat on the 28th (wed) as the hurricane was making landfall. Not the most brilliant of ideas but really we had very little wind and rain.
Well today is the day that we have to prepare for the impending hurricane. Based on model reviews, the hurricane has a large swath path however, the greater Tampa Bay appears to be either below it or right in the middle of it. There is just no telling with these things. It's currently a Cat 2/3 and appears that it could even become a cat 4 in the coming days.
We took Free Spirit out for a first time day sail. A complete video will follow on You Tube as soon as we can catch up on our Boat yard progress. We are a few months behind in video to release. We had some friends come with and spend the day. There is a hurricane coming but in the meantime, we wanted to get her out for a day sail. After reviewing weather and tide charts we planned for a departure of no later than 10:30am. We all got on board, put our things down below and prepared to get her to leave.
Today we brought the smallest of our fur-babies, His Royal Highness, King George! He is a 2 yr old male, Caviler King Charles Spaniel. He is my (Nancy's) baby. Since he is the smallest of the 3 we have and the easiest to manage, we thought we would introduce him to the boat and check out his sea legs. We have a life vest for him that he will always wear when in the cockpit or out on deck. I would hate to have him go overboard and while he is a excellent swimmer and loves the water, I wanted piece of mind and safety for my baby.
It was a late start and by late, I mean like 11:30 am.... Andy was helping a friend all morning so we needed to wait for him to get done before heading over to the boat to start a short day of projects.
