The firstmate was singing the Carpenter's song "Rainy
Days and Mondays" today as we cruised north along the Atlantic coast to
our anchorage at Matanzas
Inlet, or Slaughter Inlet. The day started off much better than
the day before since the wind had died down to a warm breeze. We knew
that the weather forecast called for showers but
nothing in the way of severe storms, so off we sailed under the red morning sunrise.
About 2/3 of the way into our 51-mile passage, the rain began to pour. It
was raining straight down and hard, so hard we had to turn on the radar and
slow down to idle speed and creep along in the Halifax River to
our anchorage in Matanzas Inlet. As soon as we began our turn off the
Halifax into Matanzas Inlet, the rain stopped and the sun came out. That
was an answered prayer, because if the firstmate had to go out to make ready
the windless in preparation for dropping the hook and get her hair wet, it
would be a worse ending to an already blue day. We had our pick in the inlet as
to where we anchored. The wind was calm and so was the water, so we
decided to stop just in front of an old Spanish
Fort and anchor in 12 feet of water. It was high tide and there
is a 3-foot tidal drop that would occur at midnight. As soon as we got settled,
another round of rain and rumbling thundershowers moved in and appears to be
set-in for the whole night. Viridian got a needed freshwater wash-down,
and we look forward to falling asleep to the sound of rain falling on the roof.
That's the news and here's a few views:
We are here
Today's Passage
Blue dot is where we anchored across from the old fort ruins
Someone had a worse day
Calm water for a change
It was the calm before the storm
Old Fort Mantanzas Ruins
Rain all night
Rain nowhere else
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