Finding Moksha: Sandy

Here is a video I made of the Hurricane that paid us a visit last week. We knew this thing was coming, and there were plans to get away from it by going back up north to Maine, however our engine was right in the middle of being serviced (half of it wasn't even on the boat)! By the time it was back together it was too late to leave, so we took our medicine and strapped ourselves in.

Top wind speed that we saw was 79.6 knots, that's a tick under 150km/h for you land lubbers! One of the hardest things to do was actually get onto the boat, usually made easy by a passeralle (a 1m wide x 5m long ramp from the back of the boat to the dock). However Hurricane Mode meant we were off the dock a little more, which meant a metre jump onto a boat leaning over and moving in the wind - doesn't sound that hard, but picture being on a car roof driving at 150 clicks and jumping onto another car that is rocking around like it has oblong wheels and being driven by a drunk. Hence the footage of Valentin on his hands and knees about 2/3 into the vid.

Anyway hope you enjoy it!
Jono

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Hurricane Sandy from Jono Walker on Vimeo.

Here are a bunch of photos I copied from the local news website of us and our neighbours in Newport Shipyard during the storm.