isolated showers

Out for a sail Thursday morning I could see a thunderstorm erupting well to the south.   It was a short sail that began just after dawn, thick humid air and barely enough breeze to turn the wind turbine on the ocean cruiser out of Rotterdam anchored nearby.   But there was just enough of breeze for a pleasant sail.  I was back at the dock by 9:00 to help with some work on the Schooner Virginia.  As we finished our project on the schooner the storm had made its way north with dark threatening skies, a cool outflow breeze and a spitting rain.  And then it was gone.

Our forecast for the week calls for isolated thunderstorms, the kind where it rains a monsoon in one spot while nearby it is hot and sunny.  And sometimes the rain comes down in full sunshine.  (Think John Fogerty and "have you ever seen the rain coming' down on a sunny day?")  Classic southern summertime weather that I enjoy, but it is not great for daysailing.  I do not like wrapping up the sails when they are wet. 

I went down to the basin this morning to check on SPARTINA.  She was wearing her full rain gear.  Maybe a cup or two of water in her aft cockpit, about the same on the forward bunk flat.  Not bad at all considering the downpours we have had.  

Hopefully this moisture will move on in a couple of days and we won't have to be tied to the dock.