Century Club: Jeff and Barb Steele

Since the recreational boating ban went into effect, Zahniser’s shut down the marina to all slip holders. You had to seek permission to come to the marina, “slip in and out “. We got permission to come down so we drove out on the 18th to check on Melanna’s condition.
In our haste to pack her back up after provisioning for our marina move, we forgot to check our dock lines one last time before leaving and getting back to Virginia before 8P. We missed our starboard spring line and with the 65 mph sustained winds, the smaller fenders didn’t keep her from banging on the starboard piling. Luckily, Zahniser’s lived up their promise of tending to all the boats in her facility by adding a large fender and adjusting our dock lines. As a result, there was no physical damage to her exterior.
The only damage done was the mirror attached to the vanity medicine cabinet in the head “flew” off and landed mirror side up on a bath at on the head sole! Whew, we were lucky... no cracks, chips, or break!
Spent the afternoon doubling all dock lines, adding anti chafing hosing. Noticed a water leak around navigation station. Will repair on next trip out as we ran out of time.