Still anchored in Navy Bay. I intended to stay there another night until a late afternoon squall blew through Kingston and just about layed Ananda over on her side. This was the wildest thing I had ever been in on any boat. I had been staining and varnishing in the galley all day so there were lots of things out of the cupboards, etc.

What a mess after the wind hit! Pounding rain, hail and wind gusts over 30 knots. On the 2^nd or 3^rd major gust Ananda’s anchor lost it’s hold, cupboard doors in the galley flew open and I started drifting towards the shore. I immediately started up the engine and began to slowly motor away from the shore and towards the center of the little bay. My anchor was all on chain (rather than rope) so I was not too worried about getting it caught up in the propeller because any slack chain that resulted from me moving Ananda would immediately settle to the bottom and I could pass over it without difficulty.

After about 15-20 minutes (which seemed like forever!) the storm finally passed on and the wind dropped to next to nothing. The marine weather radio continued to issue additional severe thunderstorm warnings for the area and they were talking about tornado warnings in the Cornwall area – about 90 miles east of Kingston. That was enough for me. I pulled up the anchor and headed to the City marina. I had had all the excitement I wanted for one day. Plus, I needed the night to clean up the mess!