more on the capsize 2 of 3

this is the wind data collected from a buoy close to where I was. The buoy records every hour. At 8am when my boat capsized. it was blowing 40 mph.

If you didn't know I capsized my boat read the next blog.

I went to where my friend pulled it to shore and waded out to get the rest of my stuff and figure out the damage. The boat was in great shape, BUT! my jib was ripped in half and my main sail and main boom were gone. That's about $1500. Which means no more sailing unless God provides a way.

My Camera is still working, which is great! It was in a zip lock in a dry box which was in a dry bag which was underwater for about 5 hours. These are some of the pictures from that perfet trip that ended 15minutes too early.

This was the morning of the storm. The storm was behind me. This is when I had planned on leaving, but it was too great of a time t obe ruined my moving.
The storm is to the right of this picture. The treated plywood in the cockpit is what I slept on. I've already packed away my blanket.

Before I left I unhooked the main sail and laid it in the bottom of the boat, out of the way so I could work the jib easily.
This is me sailing out to Looe key. slow lazy sailing. hardly any wind. I actually thought that it would be funny if today's forecast missed by over estimating the wind and tommorrow would miss by underestimating the wind. Turns out that it wasn't as funny as I thought.





Me sailing to Looe key. At one point the wind became so small that I rolled up the jib set the main right in the middle and tied down the tiller in the middle and sat up front while a 2mph wind pushed my boat right on course, VERY relaxing.