Faint Glow
01 November 2012
FAINT GLOW
November 1, 2012
Sandy happened a short while ago and for some it will go on for many days or weeks. For this harbor, things are back to some normal, whatever that is. It is very quiet here since most of the movement is the south bound fleet of boats trying to get to warmer areas before it gets “cold”. To the crew of Why Knot it is already cold. All of the boats on our dock are asleep for the winter with the exception of one astern of us. The crew live ashore and the do visit on weekends. On our last shore walk, Scurv and I noticed that for six docks, our MSU and one other car is in the parking lot. The point is that it is starting to look like that off season football field here. That is not all bad since at least this harbor is still intact.
As we walked back to the boat we could see the cabin lights of WK at the end of the dock. Unless one looks hard for light, one might easily miss them because they are shining through thick curtains. A look around and none other are visible. That is usually the way with sailing vessels. Except for the small solar yard lights some boats use, the sailing world is dark after sunset. The exception is the anchor light used in the mooring field and at anchor. Contrast that to the motor vessel world that uses lamps below and lights on deck to keep things bright. It also seems the bigger the boat, the brighter it is at night. One docked nearby recently with enough lights on after dark that we could read by them. Soon, WK will be sleeping without the lights and the world will not see the faint glow of her cabin lights. I think I will leave a garage light on behind a thick curtain at home so I can look out at night and see that faint glow. We are already missing her though we have not left yet.