Wind picked up today around 11am. I rowed the dinghy against a stiff breeze returning from shore leave. After securing the dinghy on the aft davits, I surveyed the situation. Seemed the ship forward and mostly off the port bow was closer than before. The wind has a way of showing the scope of one's ground tackle. It gets stretched. I started the engine and prepared to release more chain. After all, I was anchored with very minimal scope but often customary in close quarters. The ships had thinned out, so I released another fifty feet of chain. My scope was now likely 5:1 in 35 feet of water with 20 kts of breeze and half foot wind waves.  I let out a bit of the main and threw the helm alee and seemed to be situated with ample space and minimal wandering. Now back to the blog.