Lake Boca Raton (anchored)
February 14, 2022
Last night was cool and windy. Rather that low 70s from Saturday night, the temps dropped into the mid-50s. This is perfect sleeping weather.
This wind means that Lailia seems to be in constant motion around her anchor. It’s not very rolly but we swing in an arc. The video shows how much we move on about a minute. (John says this is a yawner video. I…don’t disagree.)
John let more chain out to increase the scope due to the high winds, just as a precaution and too ease my mind. I don’t actually fully know what that means but he assures me that it will somehow help keep Lailia from dragging her anchor.
Today was a work day: I had three separate Zoom meetings and John did some preventative maintenance by cleaning the raw water strainer. The raw water strainer helps keep the engine from overheating but it can clogged by all the stuff in the water. In order to access it, John had to remove the ladder and the counter area under it. Because Lailia makes us work to keep her healthy, John had to do this work on his hands and knees.
John working
This was yet another uneventful day – that’s not a bad thing, actually.
Life on Lailia 
Oh, my. I can see why you might get… Concerned. Are we still anchored? Are we floating away?
I love how I am “experiencing” and “learning” through you! Thank you for sharing, Chris 💙
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🙂 The goal is to keep as much chain on the ground as possible. It, in tern, keeps the anchor in place.
I always liked this resource:
https://www.skippertips.com/public/546.cfm
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