Hard Aground.

Well, maybe a better term  would be "soft aground".   Its been REALLY windy here yesterday and last night with 20 to 30 mph winds out of the west and northwest.   Some reports had gusts here in the Stamford area at 50 mph.  Combine the wind blowing the water out of Long Island Sound with a full moon and we had low tides a few feet lower than normal.   Everyone on "A" dock was hard aground this morning.  

I turned on the depth sounder.  It read 1.7 feet.   Its mounted a couple of feet below the waterline and we draw five feet, meaning that we were stuck about a foot into the mud.   Drift Away is the trawler on the outside of the gas dock.  The boat on the left was certainy hard aground with only two or three feet at his dock, and the sailboats across the dock from him that draw four feet also aground.

Still, no damage and a beautiful morning so life is good.  I took the dogs off the boat to do their business and to play a bit awhile ago.  Back on the boat, they were still revved up.

When you live on a boat, its never big enough, and play time often overflows from the floor to the couch onto us.

Sometimes the cats get in the way of dog play.   Chevy the dog won this stare off and Smudge the cat moved.

One has to have patience and understanding when living on a boat.   Add in a bunch of critters and one has to have a lot.