Hatch management

Wednesday 7/25

Another lay day while we wait for another 40 kt gale to pass.  The air is damp, and the boat gets stuffy and warm unless the forward hatch is open. But we need to close the hatch any time a band of showers moved through, so the afternoon had been dominated by hatch management duties.

I can report another notable first for us since we bought Elf--we have deployed two anchors for extra security during the storm. The astute viewer can hopefully pick out the two rodes leading out from both sides of the bow. (I snapped the photo, gopher fashion, from the forward hatch during a dry spell.)