Holy Heck! That Wind!!!

January 8-9, 2024

2024 has definitely brought some tumultuous weather.  Today brought the worst weather we’ve experienced since we have been on Lailia.

Winds were so high today that schools moved to e-learning: all work was done online from home.  Since students were still learning, we won’t have to make up the day.

The forecast was for high winds and even higher gusts, with the worst coming from the south-southeast – the kind that whomps us terribly.  There’s nothing about being in cruddy weather that appeals to me; John’s really different, though!

I spent Tuesday night in a hotel while John stayed in Lailia. 

John is really, really tough and clearly has a really strong stomach!

He has really good timing and balance, too, which he needed to get off Lailia while she was hobby-horsing this afternoon.

Out of an abundance of caution, our marina shut off electric to the dock this afternoon, so I added another night to my hotel stay. 

Since the wind clocked around, John felt it was ok to leave Lailia tonight and join me in the hotel.  When I went to pick him up this afternoon we walked to Lailia – walking on a moving dock with waves breaking and boats slamming into the water was pretty exciting.

Unfortunately, our davits have been damaged by all of the slamming action.  We may lose the dinghy but our fingers are crossed!

This junky weather is moving north so tomorrow we should be back normal…although more strong  winds are forecast for this weekend.