Another nice afternoon. I arrived at the marina mid-afternoon. Staying on Willoughby Bay I just sailed back and forth until dinnertime. I anchored on the east end by the 'bird's nest' turnpoint for Thursday races.
There was only one shower within 200 miles of my location and I managed to find me! Fortunately it was short lived!
With forecasted increasing winds, I decided to spent the night in the marina rather than anchored out. Through the night the winds picked up and by Friday evening we were really feeling the effects of Ophelia. After dinner I drove out to the marina to check on things. Gusts of 50 knots created problems for a few boats. One piling broke affecting two boats which was being delt with as I arrived. A little later another boat broke a dockline and was hitting its neighbor. It took 4 of us to get it back in position and secured. Later another was loose but the marina staff was unable to bring it back into position and just put out fenders to minimise damage.
This wasn't even a full hurricane! Can't even imagine 100 or 150 mph winds...