Washington D C

We prepared as best we could for Hurricane Joaquin.  

We’ve been anchored out since August 30 and had planned to spend one more night at anchor before moving into a slip for the weekend while we attended the Seven Seas Cruising Association Gam.  However, the forecast was for winds in the 20s and gusts up to 50 mph for the evening.  

When our neighbor, the super-yacht, Emelina, brought in a barge to help her drop her anchor while docked, we knew it was time to get a slip right away.

We got the best slip open at the Capital Yacht Club.  It was a floating concrete dock protected by several large powerboats.  Carla did a great job of getting us into the slip despite the adverse winds. We set fenders, as well as, fore and aft spring lines on both sides of the boat.  We slept better knowing we were well tied in to the dock.  All the other boats anchored in the channel have departed. I suspect they took slips in nearby marinas.