We were on an outing with a group of boaters to Daufuski Island. The purpose of the trip was to help teach boaters who are new to the intra Atlantic Coastal Waterways, how to navigate them, and to get familiar with the area.
It was sunny when we left, but after lunch it was obvious a storm was rolling in. Our boat was moored to somebody else's boat, and the leader of this trip decided to try to outrun this storm. Our boat was smaller and less powerful than the others, and this is all new to us here (much different than WI smaller inland lakes, not counting the Great Lakes, which we wouldn't do).
John made the decision to abandon the "brave" ones, found a dock and
tied us up. This was a wicked storm, but thankfully NO lightning where
we were. (We could hear thunder off in the distance).
So, in a word, this was probably the most educational boating trip we had.
1. Just because the others may be in the "teaching" roles, doesn't mean they make wise decisions
2. We are the captains of our own boat... The decisions and responsibility belong to us alone
3. We were unfamiliar with our new navigational equipment, and were somewhat dependent on the boaters we were following to find our way back....never, you must find your own way!
4. Mother Nature + Boating = Respect
(For the record, we were soaked to the bones, I was laughing, the girls were crying....but our Captain is a wise, sensible and experienced small aircraft pilot, small water craft captain, scuba diver, and mountaineer.... We're in excellent hands
the day started out like this!
and then we made it to Daufuski Island and had a perfectly lovely lunch:
but when we emerged from the restaurant after lunch, the skies were no longer looking sunny...they were looking quite ominous:
but, we decided to follow the crowd, partly because we didn't exactly know where we were going:
and the skies were getting quite dark, as you can see....these photos have not been enhanced:
and our captain made the wise decision to abandon the fleet and dock us; the girls were petrified (with good reason)...thankfully, there were no lightning strikes in our immediate area....
and the storm quickly passed; we got drenched; we safely found our way home...happy ending:)
So, in a word, this was probably the most educational boating trip we had.
1. Just because the others may be in the "teaching" roles, doesn't mean they make wise decisions
2. We are the captains of our own boat... The decisions and responsibility belong to us alone
3. We were unfamiliar with our new navigational equipment, and were somewhat dependent on the boaters we were following to find our way back....never, you must find your own way!
4. Mother Nature + Boating = Respect
(For the record, we were soaked to the bones, I was laughing, the girls were crying....but our Captain is a wise, sensible and experienced small aircraft pilot, small water craft captain, scuba diver, and mountaineer.... We're in excellent hands
the day started out like this!
and then we made it to Daufuski Island and had a perfectly lovely lunch:
but when we emerged from the restaurant after lunch, the skies were no longer looking sunny...they were looking quite ominous:
but, we decided to follow the crowd, partly because we didn't exactly know where we were going:
and the skies were getting quite dark, as you can see....these photos have not been enhanced:
and our captain made the wise decision to abandon the fleet and dock us; the girls were petrified (with good reason)...thankfully, there were no lightning strikes in our immediate area....
and the storm quickly passed; we got drenched; we safely found our way home...happy ending:)
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