Lobster boats safe despite the strong winds

Well tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I hope lots of people choose to eat lobster to help support the fishermen.

I got an update from my mother today that it's been terribly windy in Cutler.  In her words:

"Wow, did it ever screech and howl around here last night  The wind thankfully was not too bad for the harbor, but I'm sure the lobster boats were dancing and tugging at their moorings.  Dad went down this morning early and said everything looked fine.  It is always a worry when you get high winds with the high tide in the night.  You are never sure what you might find come morning."

Thankfully my family has never had an issue with a boat breaking off the mooring in a storm, but it has happened to several other lobster fishermen in the harbor.  The last issue we had with one of our boats was an outboard skiff flooding after a night of strong rains this summer.  Thankfully the outboard survived the incident.

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