Should show TWO masts
breakfast spot as breeze roars
adequate separation...I guess
Got a message around 6:30 a.m. that I should come down and check lines and spreader separation from the boat next to mine. I was not there when they tied up, and it looked like, from the Lawn Camera, our masts were perfectly in line, which is a no-no in any sort of a raft-up situation.
So I drove down.
And as it turns out, the camera angle from the fixed point on shore made it look like the two masts were perfectly in line (see photo), but actually they did have some level of separation. I wanted a bit more, of course, so I cranked in the spring line and gave it about foot or so of fore and aft separation. Adjusted the breast lines and fussed aorund with the fenders. This took about an hour. Maybe more.
Then it got windy. Peak gust a few miles away on Gibson Island was 46 (mph) and it was due to get windier. So I went below and ate breakfast, or "brunch" by this time, and listened to the puffs roar down the creek. Then I went to the floating dock abeam of RAINBOW to see how it was riding in the big breeze. I wasn't satisfied so I tweaked the lines a little more.
Let's face it, when you know it's going to howl, are you ever completely happy with how your boat is secured?