The polar vortex is back at it again. That ring of frigid air that that normally sits over the arctic has slipped south over Canada. The disturbed weather pattern sends blasts of cold air to the south now and then. It was freezing weather that caused me to cancel my January trip down south last year. Fortunately, I plan to begin the sail out of Charleston in early February. Forecasts show temperatures should be back up in the 50s by then. Let's hope so.
From The Washington Post:
The first cold wave will reach the East Coast on Thursday, followed by another surge of frigid air this weekend and a third next week, which may be the most severe of the trio.
Not even Florida will be spared. There, freezing temperatures are expected Friday as cold air plunges across the Gulf of Mexico toward Cuba and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
The masts are now on the porch, the sails in a spare bedroom and the nice rope fenders made by my friend Howard are hanging on the bow sprit. Cockpit is repainted, and fresh anti-fouling paint on the hull. Time to start putting gear back in place.
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