Day 18 - Nov 13, 2013
What a sleepless night. Winds were reported to be gusting 36 mph in Savannah, so I'm sure they were gusting a little higher here at Isle of Hope. The real bad thing was we were starboard side to the floating face dock and the wind was on our port quarter. That meant we were being pushed back and forth against the dock in the wind gusts. Thankfully the bumpers took the brunt, but they creaked and groaned all night. Combined with the wind howling in the rigging, it was not pleasant. The only plus in all the racket was the slip wasn't going anywhere, more importantly neither was Ninkasi.

I got up and went outside twice during the night. Once to tighten the lines securing the dinghy in the davits, and the second time to adjust the stern line to ease pressure on the bumpers. Jeez, was it cold. Chill factor to the max. I made hot chocolate after the first trip outside since it was only near 11PM.  After the second trip, I just jumped back into the sleeping bag and just shivered until I warmed up.

I awoke around 0630 and made coffee. Thank goodness we have shore power and the electric heater. Temperature in the boat was 53F and 36F outside according to the TV news. I put the heater on High and it was almost 70F in the boat when Donna got up about 0800.

I had no plans for the day, but Donna had reserved the loaner car for a trip to an arts supply store and Wal-Mart. We were both successful carrying out our the plans. The sun came out, but the temperature never got above 50F. The little heater is getting a workout.

Location: Still at Isle of Hope Marina, GA