EP 33 Anchored Out in Tropical Storm Elsa

Hello and welcome to the Sailing the East podcast. This is our podcast about sailing and cruising the East coast of the United States. In some episodes we will focus on passages and destinations, in other episodes, we will talk about boats, equipment, and techniques, and when we come across an interesting person, we will try to get them as a guest on the show. Today we have Simon and Sawyer Balint as guests on the podcast. They are repeat guests and were on this podcast in EP-29. In today's episode, we are going to discuss Simon and Sawyer’s experience when they were anchored out during tropical storm Elsa when it hit the New England coast on July 9th, 2021. We discuss the decision-making process for evaluating their options. Such as anchoring vs. getting a mooring vs. going to a marina. We also talk about what happened during the storm with other boats in the anchorage, why they called harbor patrol and TowBoatsUS, and why they reset the anchor during the height of the storm. We also covered the lessons learned and how it was a positive experience for them both. Thanks for listening! We will be spending most of the summer sailing around Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, and Buzzards Bay. Hope to see you out on the water. We love to hear from our listeners, send us your questions, comments, and suggestions at sailingtheeast@gmail.com. Wishing you fair winds, and calm seas. Bela and Mike