Vicki at the boatyard had told me that there was now a space on their dock and that I could tie up there before my haulout. After the unplanned dock expense, I didn’t want to show up on Friday when they might have wanted me to officially check in. My plan was to anchor in Vandemere on Friday and then get to their dock on Saturday. At Vandemere, the anchorage was wide open and not great anyway for wind in the forecast. I spotted a little creek upstream that might work, so I continued on.
I should have gone further up Chapel Creek than I did, but there was a cable crossing and a lot of skinny water. Once the anchor was down and the weather checked, two things were evident. I didn’t have as much protection as I had hoped I would and I was going to have to move early on Saturday to beat the weather and make it to the boatyard.
