I moved my boat from a slip in Lakeport to my mooring half way up Paugus Bay today.
The original plan was to pick up some px at our community's day docks and go for a ride.
There were big white caps and the wind was blowing 90° to the targeted slip.
I cancelled the px and headed for the mooring.
It took about ten tries to line up and grab the pendant.
It's a new boat so I was extra paranoid about avoiding contact with my mooring neighbors but you know it's windy when the bow of a 6000# boat weathervanes so easily.
Because going to the mooring was unplanned my inflatable boat was not there so I decided to swim to shore.
I entered the water wearing a nice bright orange PFD.
I figured the wind would quickly move me the 500' to my sandy exit but it helped very little.
Wind sucks!
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