Yesterday (Wednesday) was a lay day due to the strong winds. We stayed well-protected in the anchorage, I made brownies, and we had a marathon session of Mexican Train Dominoes with Infinity going from double twelves down to double blanks. Infinity won.
It was our coldest day and night of the trip with a high only in the mid-50’s and a low of 39, so we took advantage of our Honda generator and our portable heater to warm up the boat.
We were hoping to run the heater all evening (it’s only us and Infinity in the anchorage), but the exhaust from the generator was getting trapped somewhat by the weather cloths surrounding our cockpit. The wind was on our beam (the current overpowers the wind around here so your bow points into it instead of the wind), but the exhaust wasn’t getting carried away as much as we had thought it would. Next time we’ll open up the dodger window to aid in circulation and shut the generator off right before we go to bed.
Regardless, when we went to bed the boat was warmer than it would have been, and it was a snug night tucked in amongst all of our blankets and sleeping bags.
Today we’ll shove off around 11:00 to continue sailing down the ICW. We’ll have the current with us for most of the afternoon, so if Infinity has to tow us we should barely make a difference. Hopefully we’ll end up in Graham Creek tonight, which is one of our favorites.
Adventures on the Club 