Monday, December 26, 2011

Cupcake goes to Echo Bay and readies for another storm

Winds are forecast for small craft and later a gale so we left Shallow Bay and came to the back of Echo Bay on Soucia, tucked behind two small Islands. Dean said there would be little fetch even if winds come from SE back here. We are on the Rocna with all 260' of scope out(120' chain) with a new oversized fortress anchor (that Dean gave Cupcake for Xmas) ready to deploy should we need it. Dean does not like using two anchors at once. We have the 2 kettle balls down. Dean has cruised all over Alaska for 5 years on his Pearson 42 so I am deferring to his judgment. Nice to be confident to do more on Cupcake now that I'm not alone and trust my crew to keep Cupcake safe as her adventures increase.

Just finished cooking the four Xmas crabs Dean caught yesterday in the Cupcake size trap. Yum.

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