Finding a rare calm day between back-to-back-to-back Nor’ Easters in February, we chanced a winter maintenance trip to check on leaks, reload the cameras and stuff like that.
The seas were cold and choppy, but when our man Randy made it to the ladder we thought we were “on station.”
Not to be.
An easterly swell out lifted our little dinghy onto the cross-brace of the dock and punched a hole in the side, and it immediately started leaking fast.
We abandonded post and rowed like mad to the safety of the Keepah and Captains Meg and Pat.
Whew – if that dinghy had sunk we’d either be stranded on the ladder or tossed into the sea. Needed a couple of cold Harpoon ales over at KO Pies to settle after that one!
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- Snow and ice cover Graves Ledge.
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- Keepah is one of our trusty ferries between the mainland and The Graves.
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- Our little dinghy took a hit from the swells and almost sank.
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- Slippery way up the lighthouse.
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- Approaching The Graves from Keepah.
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- An icy start up the ladder.
