Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful

But inside it's delightful? Let it rain. Let it rain. Let it rain.

I rarely get seasick, but I felt a bit queasy today when I was folding clothes in the forward berth. And we weren't even going anywhere. We were at anchor in the Charleston harbor. The problem was that the tide runs fast through the anchorage and the wind was coming from a different direction, so those competing forces were spinning the boat at anchor. And the wind was kicking up some gentle swells. Of course with the crappy weather, I had all the hatches closed, so the air inside was a bit stale. I didn't do much all morning but sip Coca Cola.

Between the spinning, rocking and stale air, I didn't feel so hot. Being seasick sucks.

Later, I drove a mile to another anchorage in a creek. I found it at Cruisers' Net. I'd been to this website months ago, but forgot about it. It's now added to the links section of the blog. If I'd come here yesterday, the whole seasick fiasco could have been avoided.

The pic is of a boat hard aground. I took it coming into Charleston. I just thought it was funny. Ok, maybe not so funny to the owner. (There's a fine line separating comedy from drama. Perspective may also play a part.) I could have taken another picture of a small sailboat in the anchorage which had turtled overnight (turtling is when your mast points to the bottom, and your keel to the sky), but I was fighting some wind and waves as I was leaving the tight anchorage and didn't feel confident to multi-task.