20:00 - Wind is still out of the SW. For awhile this afternoon ot was
west, but then went back to SW. 15-20. About sunset there was a big, I
mean big, thunderstorm off to the north. Big black clouds, lightning,
and stuff that makes you want it to stay away. But it was just off the
edge of the screen on the radar, about 20 nm away. But over the last
hour it has gotten closer, now about 12 nm away. I went on deck, gave it
100 ft of chain (water depth 10 feet) and doubled the snubber. While I
was on deck the wind started blowing real hard, 24 kts on the anometer,
and suddenly, over the course of maybe five minutes, less than that,
with a sudden blast of wind, the wind veered to NNW. Now, instead of
being blown onto the beach I am being blown parallel to the beach. I'm
impressed.
Squall seems to have dispresered per radar. Two cruisers
on the VHF discussing the weather, foreign accents, English and maybe
Scottish.....
Now big thunderstorm to the north, full moon in amoungst the clouds to the south. Sailing is so peaceful....
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