- Do not sail the day Key West records its all time record low low and low high. You will freeze your ass off. (for you trivia buffs: it was 54 H and 48 L--December 28, 2010)
- Motoring into 20 kt winds without a dodger. See above. Add soggy also.
- Deciding to call Marathon Marina: Priceless.
We headed out from Stock Island on Tuesday. We needed to get the boat out of the slip and up to her actual home in Dinner Key Marina. We left right at the crack of dawn--because why shouldn't fully appreciate the absolute cold?
I was in full foulie get up. I had convinced the Spouse that he might want something other than jeans so we had got him a set of foulies.
BTW--we are both getting heavier foulies in the future. And thermal underwear.
So after two hours of slogging north, boat and humans covered with about 1/4 in of salt spray I said #@$( this, I'm calling a marina in Marathon. I was not going to do this for 3 more hours and then freeze on the hook.
The spouse was kinda cranky that Mother Nature wasn't seeing things his way. But after we arrived at the marina and got tied off on a lovely side tie. Took VERY HOT shower, changed into clothing that didn't crunch with salt spray his spirits improved greatly. They got even better when we found out about the Happy Hour going on.
So Mr. WeDon'tNeedNoStinkingDodger has become Mr. WhereDoWeGetADodger. There were actually quite a few Hunters that the marina so we walked around and discussed what we wanted in a dodger. We got a few tips from folks also.
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| There's a word I'm thinking of....oh yeah, its BRRRRRRRRRR! |
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