Swan Creek is ready to take the boat on Monday. We had to strip the sails this weekend. Problem is that there was a Nor' Easter hitting. On Friday night there was lots of rain and after the storm there was to be wind. I was hoping we would get down to Rock Hall and take the sails off before the wind got going. We arrived at Spring Cove the tide was very high and we waded through a foot of water just to get to the dock. The wind was starting to build and Steve and Dale from the Georgia Peach was maneuvering to the pump out dock. They were having trouble in the wind. Marilyn and I helped them to dock safely. Steve and Dale were going to Swan Creek just across the creek and they were having a lot of trouble. The wind really started to blow now. All four of us decided that we had to strip the jib sails off both boats now. The Jib sails are the most trouble to take off. They are on a roller like a window shade. So they have to be fully deployed to come down. And in a 35mph wind a fully deployed sail can be a handful. The Georgia Peach is a 34 footer with about a sail double the size of ours. Luckily the wind was blowing Westerly and down the dock. We dropped the sails on Belle Etoile first. Unrolling the sail down the dock. It was about to rip out of Marilyn's hand or throw her into the water! But as soon as we deployed the sail I dropped it and it hit the deck with a thud and we balled it up with out dropping it into the water. Next the Georgia Peach. We huddled and tried what worked on our boat and changed positions. I was going to pull out and try to control the sail. But now the wind was gusting faster. All in position. All prep done. Ok go! I yanked out the sail and started to fight for control. The sail was going to bash against the spreaders aloft. I'm trying to pull this monster away from the boat and it's yanking me around like a rag doll. Luckily Steve was quick on the halyard and dropped the sail. Again success sail on the deck in a ball. Not Bristol fashion but effective. They abandoned the trip across to Swan Creek opting for a tow on Monday like we are going to get. We backed the 34 foot Catalina into a slip without motoring just using the dock lines. This was so the boat would not get away from us. Marilyn and I spent the next hour winterizing the engine and other mechanical devices on the boat. We had to take off the last of the cushions life jackets and the Bimini Cover. The wind continued to build. The Belle Etoile is jumping about 4 feet in the swells. I starting to get seasick in the slip! Getting two cushions off the boat which is about a five minute job took great effort. I almost got thrown into the drink a few times by the swells. As we passed Scott's boat he was getting ready to drop his jib. We figured we getting to be pros at this and we offered to help. We set up again and yanked it out. Only it did not drop smoothly. And the wind shifted slightly as I was holding the sail out down the dock. It was ready to sweep Scott off the deck Marilyn off the finger pier and pull me in for good measure. A quick turn of the roller got it freed up and the sail dropped again. The wind was again foiled from claiming a victim! We then set up spring lines on our boat and doubled up on some dock lines. I was on the bow of the boat trying to set the dock lines and the bow was jumping about 4 or 5 feet. I felt I was on a bucking bronco. I jumped off the boat onto the finger pier and almost lost my balance. I was reaching back to steady myself on the boat and it wasn't there. I hugged the bollard and steady myself and got onto the dock. There is not much more that we can do. The wind was going to blow harder tonight with winds to 50mph. I hope the dock lines survive the night.