It is 0545 on Saturday and the Bear is still asleep. The wind is down a bit from yesterday but still howling from the north. We leave Matagorda today, hopefully at sunrise bound for some harbor or anchorage north of this place. Last time I came this way , it was the middle of the night, so this is a new adventure for both of us.
We have spent well over 600 days aboard Why Knot before this cruise but we have not experienced a little trait she, and I am sure all boats exhibit when cold fronts pass a boat that has been occupied for some time. I speak of the condensation that forms in the boat and particularly of that which forms on the frames of overhead hatches. Methinks it is because of all the CO2 that builds up in a closed boat from normal breathing. The boat is warm inside and the outside cold air caused moisture to form on some surfaces. It is not usually a problem except when that moisture is on the hatch directly over one’s sleeping berth. Deep nighttime sleep can be interrupted by a drop of cold water on the neck, in the ear or between the eyes during the night. One might expect a drip from one of the opening portlights during a heavy rain, but the sneak attack from the overhead is something else. It is the source of weird twitching from one’s mate and on occasion an assault on one’s mate of the unintentional kind. The crew adapts quickly and so we sleep in parentheses around the drop zone of the hatch over our berth.
We left Matagorda at 0730 and motored into the wind for 11 hours 45 minutes, 78 miles and made Harborwalk Marina, Glaveston. We had many encounters with tows and in several instances, up to five were dancing in the same water to pass each other and we were in the middle of it all. The tow captains were all very professional and accomodating. We made the slip at 1830 and are tired. Tomorrow will be much easier as we plan to sail to Galveston and stay for a day or two.
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