It seems like a Coastal Carolina thing to have a small ten or twelve slip marina out behind someone’s river house. Windward Point Marina is exactly that. I hauled the anchor -- by hand – and motored over to the dock. It took all of twenty minutes. The marina had sent a group text about my arrival and two guys came out to grab my lines. I tied Molly up with some extra care for the coming storm. It was curious to be the only liveaboard on the dock. As the weather approached, everyone else just went home. I never saw the guy in charge, but that’s all good. It’s actually very efficient. I registered and paid online and got a quick welcome orientation from him by phone.
When the weather came, I was happy to be tied up. Molly rocked a good bit, but I didn’t have to think about the anchor or the snubber or much of anything. Molly has a great anchor, but it was easier to sleep with the weather raging knowing that we were secured to several pylons. The wind gusts never hit forty five knots but got over forty I’m sure.
