Most everything shut down in Bermuda yesterday at noon due to the 'Storm'. I picked up my Princess from work and dropped her co-worker off then headed for home. Having the afternoon off together, the Princess and I indulged in a hurricane tradition of popping the cork on a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Champagne and settling back to enjoy the weather.(without power of course) As Bermuda crept along the edge of the eye of the storm we decided that it would be a good time to walk the Bree dog down to the beach and see how things had fared, this was a mistake! (winds were at 60 mph with gusts to 75 mph)
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We no sooner made it to the beach when we saw two figures wading in the surf which is just NUTS! Upon closer inspection we realized that it was Dr. Marion Watlington and her brother Tom (Slick) Watlington who were gathering up pieces of their brother Hartley's 12' Cat Boat. Hartley (who is not the sharpest pencil in the box and shiftless to boot) had decided that it was too much trouble to move his boat around the point to a safe mooring and left it in our bay on a light anchor to ride out the 'storm'.(it keeps fading in and out of hurricane status)
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Naturally, the wind and waves managed to overwhelm the small boat and they were picking up the pieces as the boat slowly dragged it's anchor towards the beach and a beating by the waves.
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We helped them gather up the pieces and thought that was the end of it until they headed out into the storm tossed surf to try and salvage the boat. After 10 minutes of being pounded, the Princess and I headed out with life preservers to help them in to the beach. At this point the source of the problem, Hartley showed up and swam out to the boat as well.
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Hartley was determined to save the boat which was pointless as the conditions had only worsened and 3 men couldn't possibly right the boat in those waves. Two hotel guests came down from their suite and decided to help as they owned a cat boat just like this one and wanted to help save it. The insanity began to spin out of control when Graham and Eleanor, who are friends of ours, arrived to help as well.
With 9 people and a lull in the winds we were finally able to right and bail out the boat.
Hartley then decided to sail the 12 foot boat around the point to a safe mooring, into the wind with 60 mile an hour winds and no tiller. Being Bermudian he managed to get Graham and Slick to come along for the joy ride. We couldn't talk them out of this insanity but at least manage to talk them into taking life preservers. (Alcohol may have been a factor in this decision)
The Princess and I had both had enough insanity by this time, so we went home and can hope they survived the trip.
In Bermuda - Common Sense is a Gift,
BDA
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We no sooner made it to the beach when we saw two figures wading in the surf which is just NUTS! Upon closer inspection we realized that it was Dr. Marion Watlington and her brother Tom (Slick) Watlington who were gathering up pieces of their brother Hartley's 12' Cat Boat. Hartley (who is not the sharpest pencil in the box and shiftless to boot) had decided that it was too much trouble to move his boat around the point to a safe mooring and left it in our bay on a light anchor to ride out the 'storm'.(it keeps fading in and out of hurricane status)
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Naturally, the wind and waves managed to overwhelm the small boat and they were picking up the pieces as the boat slowly dragged it's anchor towards the beach and a beating by the waves.
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We helped them gather up the pieces and thought that was the end of it until they headed out into the storm tossed surf to try and salvage the boat. After 10 minutes of being pounded, the Princess and I headed out with life preservers to help them in to the beach. At this point the source of the problem, Hartley showed up and swam out to the boat as well.
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Hartley was determined to save the boat which was pointless as the conditions had only worsened and 3 men couldn't possibly right the boat in those waves. Two hotel guests came down from their suite and decided to help as they owned a cat boat just like this one and wanted to help save it. The insanity began to spin out of control when Graham and Eleanor, who are friends of ours, arrived to help as well.
With 9 people and a lull in the winds we were finally able to right and bail out the boat.
Hartley then decided to sail the 12 foot boat around the point to a safe mooring, into the wind with 60 mile an hour winds and no tiller. Being Bermudian he managed to get Graham and Slick to come along for the joy ride. We couldn't talk them out of this insanity but at least manage to talk them into taking life preservers. (Alcohol may have been a factor in this decision)
The Princess and I had both had enough insanity by this time, so we went home and can hope they survived the trip.
In Bermuda - Common Sense is a Gift,
BDA
