Last thing on the list to do yesterday before Irene came to town was to fill the water tanks. We were ready and it wasn't even noon yet! It has begun to rain a bit - nothing major but just enough to make everything - especially the dock - wet and slippery. As Steve moved to step from the dock to the boat, his foot slipped out from under him and down he goes. First hitting his shoulder on the boat and then into the water he went. Fortunately there were several guys around who hear/saw him fall and they were on the dock in a second. I was inside the cabin, heard Steve yell something and when I came outside, there he was in the water next to the boat - swimming but only with one good arm.
Long story short, one of the locals took him to the hospital (a 5 minute drive from the marina) then came back and made arrangements for me to use the marina van. What nice people are here!! So the break is at the very top of his right arm - nothing to do but use a sling and cinch to secure it to his body. No surgery or anything but it will take 4 - 6 weeks to heal. Bummer.
Back to Irene - the winds started picking up pretty quickly yesterday about 6 pm (we were back to the boat and settled in by 4). Probably 25 mph or so increasing to about 40 throughout the night. Instead of a tidal surge, the north winds were blowing all of the water OUT of the marina so the boat was much lower than anticipated. That means someone has to go out outside to check and lengthen the lines so the boat can go lower. Wind blown rain is no fun :-) The winds reached a peak about 2 am or so at something like 40 mph with gusts of ??. It finally is beginning to settle down but the winds were blowing like crazy most of this morning as well. The marina here ended up hauling 65 boats out over the last 3 days - they are EVERYWHERE on shore!! This is just a few of them lining the docks.
Next: we'll head to Baltimore either tomorrow or Tuesday where we'll likely stay at least a few weeks so Steve can heal. Not a bad place to be stuck :-)
Good luck healing the arm, Steve.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you both.
Take care both of you!