We had just finished breakfast when a strong wind came up and we started dragging. Roy turned on the engine real fast, and I pulled up the anchor moments before we would have crashed into another boat. Boy, were we lucky that hadn't happened while we were asleep or yesterday evening when we were off the boat! The timing was perfect.
Enjoyed a pleasant motor-sail to Westview. Good breeze out of the southwest. For a while, we were even able to turn off the engine and sail at 6 knots. It was a shame to take in the sail to go into the marina.
The Westview marina looked small and crowded. We were about to turn around and go elsewhere, but the guy on the dock kept urging us to go in, and someone on another boat said there was plenty of room inside and we should go to the far corner. Ha! Got inside, and it was narrow and shallow. When it was too late, we found out we were supposed to raft to the first sailboat instead of going to the far corner. Roy tried to turn around, but it was too tight and we went aground. Fortunately, there were a lot of people on the dock who were eager to help. After several tries, Roy threw them a line, and they pulled us off. We had no further problem rafting to the sailboat.
We thought we'd gotten the last spot, but boats kept coming in, and the dockmaster kept putting them someplace. They were packed in like sardines. It was incredible. We had never seen so many boats in such a tiny place. We were lucky to be on the edge; the boats inside had no way to get out. I heard someone who'd been here before say he'd never seen it so crowded.
The rates here are ridiculously high. We had to pay $15.55 for the "berth" plus $2.15 for electricity. And the showers are 25 cents a minute!
Walked over to a grocery store. Prices there were high, too. Roy was going to buy a couple of pounds of chocolate-covered raisins, but when we got to the register, they rang up at more than $16! So we returned them.
When we got back to the boat, another sailboat had rafted to our port side! But they're planning on leaving early in the morning, so that's ok.
In the process of going back and forth from our boat to the dock, which, of course, involved walking across the deck of the boat on our starboard side, I accidentally stepped on the plastic nozzle of their Sun Shower, which they had left lying on the deck. It was smashed beyond repair, so I bought them a new one.
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