Well – I’ve graduated – from first mate to
captain-in training! When I woke up at 3:00
a.m., I noticed that the wind had shifted, and we were being blown perilously
close to the shore. I checked the depth, and we were still OK and the anchor
was holding, despite the raging wind. But now the wind was coming from an
unprotected place and blowing us around like a rocking horse. I decided we’d
need to wait until first light to do anything, and since we were in no imminent danger,
I went back to sleep.
When I awoke again at 7:00 a.m. to the sunrise,
Jeff was still asleep, so I decided not to wake him yet. I took a depth reading
and looked at the tide charts on the I-pad – close to low tide, still with 7
feet under the keel, but going down. I
also consulted the chart for alternative locations to re-anchor. I debated
about just hauling in some anchor line, but thought that would wake Jeff up
anyway – so I woke him, and together we moved Sea Change to a safer, more
comfortable anchorage near-by.
My Captain congratulated me on all of that,
and said I’d graduated! Unfortunately, I’m not doing as well in the First
Mate department, since, because we couldn’t shop yesterday, we’ve run out of
food (for which I’m largely responsible). So for today my challenge will be to
make something from nothing – I’m sure we’ll survive.
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