Your friendly Narrative Manager Samantha Wells | Weather: I expect it will get a bit windy.
Even with Dorian looming, Shelburne was a pleasant stop. We secured Boundless to one of the local yacht club moorings, which were indeed as solid as they had been described to us. Chances were we'd have to fine-tune, maybe switch to a different mooring or even drop the mooring and motor around while all hell would break loose, but for now it all looked pretty good.
We had a stroll along the cheerful waterfront and admired some nicely crafted items in a local carpenter's workshop. We had a robust ice-cream at the Beandock and sat outside in the sun. David however almost never took his eyes off his phone, checking Dorian's progress, evaluating how its different wind directions may affect us, and even consider yet other alternative sheltered areas. A little obsessive some may say but I'd rather dodge a hurricane in the company an obsessively cautious guy than its contrary. One of the sailing boats in the harbor had actually just left for Maine, which was mostly out of Dorian's path. We weren't quite ready to do the same ourselves, but that option was still available to us time-wise.
A funny thing happened on the way to the YC when we first arrived. Tied up at one of the docks, David saw
S/V Nelleke, a Moody 42 that he delivered from Spain to Halifax in 1985!! He eventually connected with the owner, who lives in Shelburne with his wife, bought her (the boat, not the wife) in 1999, and they have been sailing her between the Caribbean and Newfoundland. Small world! They were also thinking of loading up on relief items to bring to the Bahamas on their way south, helping the hurricane victims but time was a factor...
Last fish and chips for the season for us, at local favorite Sea Dog, then back to Bounds. In the morning, the decision: we's going to Maine.