WELL... it's morning... it's been raining all night... and the TV just issued flash flood warnings for Greene County...(which by the way... is where we ARE located)... GREAT !!!! ;(
BUT... that being said... the creek (Catskill) is higher than normal, but doing OK... Considering the sheer volumn of water.. The docks with their new connections seem to be holding... (fingers crossed as I type this statement... making typing very difficult).
We're still "pinned" to the dock... with partially flattened fenders... but we trying not to panic and escape to the Hudson (again !!!)..
I may go out, in a short bit, and put a line back to the main dock finger, from a starboard side winch, at a 45 degree angle, to ease the strain on our dock finger...
On some positive notes: The battery connection cables showed up yesterday by FED-EX, ... so I installed them last night during the prime-time TV hours. SO, today I could complete the chnage-over to the AGM batteries (800 Ah). BUT, I hate to disconnect the starting/house batteries of the boat... at this time... when we might have to extricate ourselves from this dock at a moments notice....
The other positive point that happened yesterday...concerned the water heater for AB. I delayed calling Defender until 10AM so I could check the availablity at our "local" west Marine... The chances that West Marine would have the exact model that we needed seemed pretty remote...BUT....They DID!!!! Exactly... and in-STOCK.... Wow.
So...we went to Latham, NY and got the Water Heater, AND they matched the Defender Price... West Marine still "sucks" at stocking the correct plumbing fittings.... but...at least they had the BIG thing.... yeah!!
Time to look out and see how things are doing... It's STILL raining... in fact the 24/7 weather channel is now showing a big "RED" area above Catskill, NY... That is NOT GOOD... by the way.
