Friday, June 25, 2010

Soggy OREOs & Sea Tow

Day #31, June 25, 2010
Time of Report: multiple reports over the last 24hours

Woody has been in survival mode, dealing with some serious thunderstorms that finally subsided around 11pm last night. A storm snuck up on him from out of no where and knocked him and the boat down. He was under full sail and looked at his his anemometer and and saw 37 knots. The sky was crazy and once the boat righted he called BT who had just arrived in Portland Maine. He asked BT what was going on and how many more storms were on the way. BT was looking at the Doppler and said "quite a few and there is a severe storm watch going on now and people are being advised to take cover". BT called our pilot friend, Chris for more details and he said it was going to be pretty rough for the next couple of hours, on and off. Woody tried taking down the sails so he could simply ride it out but the next storm cell came too quickly and kncked him down again. He said there was a lot of lightening. He called BT again and then finally was able to get the sails down. Before Woody hung up BT said, why don't u call me a little later after u survive the next storm and Woody replied that the next call he may make would be to the coast guard. Not too much later BT got another call from Woody who reported that his Oreo cookies were soggy. BT said "at first i thought he had gone mad, completely undone and then I heard him laugh and said to him 'i see u have your sense of humor back Wood Bones'". The weather settled down and the night turnrd calm for a little while. Woody hoisted the sails again and off he went! The wind started building again and Woody had enough fun for one day and therefore cranked the motor and caught a couple of hours of some much needed shut eye.

At 2245 z yesterday he was 60miles from Cape Cod and today, mid day he was about 15 miles from the Cape and tried cranking the engine again because the wind died, but due to a fuel problem, it did not start. he decided to call Sea Tow to get towed in. A minor detail that was overlooked was where he would clear customs and Provinetwon, where BT is now awaiting Woody is not a US Custom staffed port. He could dock at Oops! So Sea Tow is towing him another 20 miles or so to Plymouth (just like the pilgrims) and he should arrive there this evening around 7pm. He and BT will connect tomorrow and take it easy for the day and then on Sunday, set sail for Newport. Hopefully we will get a blog post from Woody while he at port.

I'm glad he is safe and will soon be in the company of one of his very best friend and longest friends, BT.

tracy

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