"slide" wrote in message
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Having conducted a refit of much less scope than you did and having
experienced at least as many shake down issues, I think you are doing
well.

:{)) Thanks. The saga continues, as will be seen in later posts...


I stayed at that anchorage and the City Marina years ago. Was it damaged
and then redone by that huge hurricane which hit Ft. Pierce 9.5 years ago?

Yes, FPCM was rebuilt. Riverside had damaged boats, but not so much other
damage. A friend's boat floated up, but settled back down exactly on its
stands. That would put the water about 10 or more feet over spring high
tide. Sandy only had a couple of feet, and only some of the ground areas
got wet from the sea.


BTW, my experience in a big blow in an anchorage is not you dragging but
the boats around you dragging and threatening to ram into you. I think
your ground tackle to be excessive & hope your windlass has the juice to
weigh anchor quickly.

Well, we've not yet burned it out, but the mount is now certainly sufficient
to the task, that being one of the targets we had. Having a boat drag down
on us wouldn't be particularly surprising. We hope we never have to use our
ground tackle in a hurricane, but a gale is something we just prepare for,
not worry about.

-paul

L8R

Skip and crew, about to move on to Ft. Lauderdale from Lake Worth. We'll
turn on the SPOT, tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSpot...


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