June 13-14, 2000 -- Rest and Relaxation

On June 12, we decided to take it easy again. After all, we had a rough night! In the morning, I focused on writing logs. One of these days, I will learn to write them daily, or at least every other day rather than once a week! After napping, we were both hungry, but not inclined to fire up the generator for running the microwave for 30 seconds. We decided to test the microwave with the inverter. After checking the wiring to see if we could just run a line straight to the inverter distribution panel, we pulled the microwave out, and plugged it into the inverter plug in the main saloon. It worked, but wow, what a draw! We need to get a real small one to use with the inverter only and store when not in use! In the afternoon, we watched the Navy dropping and picking up folks in the water about a 1/2 nautical mile from us. This was cool, and we got pictures! On June 14, Mike woke up, looked out the window, and couldn't see anything. It was incredibly foggy. Immediately, he went upstairs and turned on the hailer and set it to the anchored in fog signal. We estimate that visibility was less than ¼ nautical mile. When the fog lifted a little bit, we headed into shore to drop off our trash and find out where we could tie our dinghy up. The first place we checked turned out to be a public boat ramp. This worked out well because we could drop our trash there. Unfortunately, we couldn't leave our dinghy, since there was no place to tie up just launch ramps. We headed back to the boat to make phone calls to the local marinas. After we figured out where we could tie up the dinghy, we called David to let him know where to go. He and Yvonne were in town visiting friends. He picked us up and we went to Al and Annette's house, where Yvonne was watching their kid while Al went to the doctor. We hung out there for most of the afternoon, and finally returned to the boat in time for dinner. After we got back and before dinner, the Coast Guard made an announcement about impending weather! They recommended that if at anchor put down a second anchor or let out additional anchor chain, if you weren't confident in your anchor, head to sea. We let out more anchor chain. We fired up the radar, and watched the squall lines miss us. So, for us, nothing came of the expected weather, thank goodness. That evening, we watched the making of the Kalmar Nickel on PBS. This is a replica of a tall ship that made several transatlantic crossings, and was scheduled to be one of the boats in the parade