No bets, Joe. People died in Hugo trying to save their boats, same as
in other places. The guy who just installed the marine sanitation in
Lionheart saved 3 yachts up a creek by buying $2000 in big anchors for
them.

Big catamarans went pitchpole. In one yacht they found one woman
dead, strapped to the mast in the cabin when they were in terror.

I read a story of a guy who saved his in Belize behind an island. He
had 3 big plow anchors fed with chain. He put them out at 120 degrees
from each other and fed the chains through the middle of a pile of
concrete blocks to hold the chains on the bottom so the plows would
pull sideways to hold them in place. His boat swung on the hook on
this array and was saved.

Many boats in Charleston ended up way up in the marsh, hopelessly
MILES from water from the 25-35' storm surge. Ashley Marina, where we
dock Lionheart, had about 8' of piling above the dock at high tide
last night.....far short of what would be necessary to keep the entire
marina from simply floating off the top of its inadequate concrete
pilings and going off towards the bridge. Lockwood Drive was full of
stranded boats after Hugo from these marinas.

We're betting on being on the hard, tied down to keep her upright
hoping it will not be too damaged to be saved.

Pray for all the boaters in Isabel's path.......



On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:20:20 -0400, Joe Wood
wrote:



Larry W4CSC wrote:

If anyone knows how to steer a hurricane away from my French
girlfriend and her new electronics.....please don't hesitate. She'll
be hauled out to blocks Monday if that monster in the Atlantic keeps
steaming towards Charleston..........Hurricane Hugo was quite enough,

OK, what's best in a hurricane:

1. On the hard with at least all sails and topside gear below.
Preferable with the mast pulled.

2. Being on a hurricane spec. mooring.

3. Being in a slip with four or more strong pilings and six to eight lines.

Enquiring minds want to know. OBTW...ther are a couple of them coming
our way right now so please answer quickly. :-)

Joe Wood



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?