Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: RoadKingLarry on July 31, 2016, 05:11:43 PM
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Got out before sun up yesterday
Caught another great sunrise
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi23.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb398%2FFLHRI-OK%2FPrivate%2520album%2Fsunrise-8809.jpg&hash=fff4489820d794bad2dc96eab9cd56485aeaff88) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/FLHRI-OK/media/Private%20album/sunrise-8809.jpg.html)
I was at the far end of the lake when the 50% chance of thunder storms came in. Too far for a run under power to make it back to the marina so I dropped anchor and rode it out.
The marina was 5 miles to the south and I think they got a stronger section of the storm, A friends Hunter 40 took a lightning strike to the mast.
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Chart plotter showing my swing on the anchor during the storm. The worst was when the gust front hit laid me over 20 degrees and swung the boat 180 to face into the wind.
The dark area with lots of back and forth was during the height of the storm. The trace being a circle indicates that my anchor did not drag.
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Almost forgot the little incident on the homeward leg of the trip. Might have to make this my new sailing theme song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAQUYAVFGWM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAQUYAVFGWM)