Roberto
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I was at anchor one night, pouring rain, a bit of wind, not the nicest evening, no particular dangers though.
A 25' boat arrives at around midnight, flapping piece of mainsail, outboard engine, a hand torch with almost flat batteries, husband and wife both wearing a light raincoat, they try to anchor once but the anchor drags, voices begin to rise, becoming emotional, they really look not comfortable with the situation
I ask them "do you want to raft to our boat" and in a split second they were next to us with a cobweb of mooring lines and the widest smiles one can imagine; I just told them should I start to drag be ready to free all lines quickly or I'll do it
The man remained in the cockpit under the rain all night, just making sure everything was ok.
All went well, during the night I came out a couple of times to check things and he was always there; the following morning we waved goodbye.
A 25' boat arrives at around midnight, flapping piece of mainsail, outboard engine, a hand torch with almost flat batteries, husband and wife both wearing a light raincoat, they try to anchor once but the anchor drags, voices begin to rise, becoming emotional, they really look not comfortable with the situation
I ask them "do you want to raft to our boat" and in a split second they were next to us with a cobweb of mooring lines and the widest smiles one can imagine; I just told them should I start to drag be ready to free all lines quickly or I'll do it
The man remained in the cockpit under the rain all night, just making sure everything was ok.
All went well, during the night I came out a couple of times to check things and he was always there; the following morning we waved goodbye.