Red Sky…

One day last week I went up into the cockpit to turn on the propane to make coffee. Instead, I grabbed the camera first and took this picture. When I showed it to Greg his response was “wow, that’s pretty.”  I said no….it’s red and it’s in the morning.

If you haven’t heard the saying…Red sky at night, sailors delight, Red sky in the morning sailor take warning.

We all love to look at beautiful Sunrises and sunsets. But this is what we got that afternoon….Never mess with the old wisdom of the seas!

 

Big thunderstorms and lots of rain all afternoon.

That saying originates from sailing on the open ocean where cold fronts pass through about every 3 days. If the sky is red in the morning, that means there is no storm between you and the sunrise, to the east. It also means the law of averages says a front is fast approaching from the west. That’s also been our experience this winter in the Bahamas. A cold front has rolled off the coast of the US about every 2-3 days. Each one brings strong clocking winds up to 30 kts or more. And so we seek out a snug harbor to hide for a day or so as the front passes through. The sky goes from brilliant blue to dark gray. The wind goes from the East to the south to the west. The strongest winds usually hit with the wind from the northwest. Then finally it continues around to the north and then east and the skies clear again. Each storm is a gentle reminder of the power of God over His creation. His beauty is in both the calms and the storms.

He quieted the sea with His power