Friday, January 31, 2014

Unintended early morning departure

Bergey woke us up at 6am.  "WE ARE AT SEA!"
Sure enough, the strong winds for the past 4 days apparently took its toll on our mooring line and chaffed through it.  Early morning fire drill to say the least.  We drifted at least 3 miles.
Lesson learned:  If the mooring system has two floats on it, you should have a separate line for each one, not pass one line through both!
Second Lesson relearned:  Check the lines daily for chafe.

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