Simple Simon wrote:

Right you are. It's common sense to remove your boat from
it's slip or dock and either have it hauled and stored in a
secure place or put it on a mooring in a protected harbor
with as little fetch as possible. ....

Nay, it's a crapshoot. I left my boat in it's slip for Isabel and FWIW
relied on doubled-up lines and prayers to Animistic Gods and Goddesses.
Not even the half-cup of coffee SWMBO left on a counter got spilled. Nor
were any of the yachts in slips on that pier or the pier immediately
East damaged. OTOH a 40' motoryacht tied upstream in the creek ended up
on a private dock. Worse, the boats that'd been "wisely" hauled out at
$200+ a pop took a beating when the super-heavy roof blew off a covered
dock maybe 20 yards from my boat and landed on several of them, then a
50' tall metal shed blew out and the debris damaged many more - one
fatally. OTOH The 6x8's supporting that roof were sheared at what'd been
the waterline at the time, leaving the pilings a few feet above the
water, and the next day the powercruisers that'd sheltered inside were
on the pilings and on each other, yet oddly (and luckily) none were
badly damaged when all was said and done. So, ya just never know.

I'm not saying it isn't "common sense" to haul your boat or tie it up a
creek for a hurricane, just that prayer to the right forces apparently
work just as well (c:

I hope Mooron et al fared OK and gets his electric back soon.

I hope his mooring held......
I used 1/2 chain on my mooring.....with 5 extra feet of chain...as I was too
lazy to cut it......but it saved me in the surge.....

I noticed a lot of mooring's broke here as they used line......
Some boats on the shore...... still had balls attached to their cleats....

Many boats where wasted...as the docks they were tied too broke
free....carrying the boats away.....

All in all lots of people were not prepared at all....


"katysails" wrote in message
...
I think his boat was still in Mahune Bay....

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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Vito wrote:

S

I hope Mooron et al fared OK and gets his electric back soon.

How much does an "electric back" sell for, what are it's advantages over
the old fashioned flesh and bone model?

Cheers
Marty

That storm seems to have gotten little publicity and
it must have been going forward at a good clip to
take so many people unaware. I can't even recall
its name or did it not have a name?

Is it that uncommon to have a 'cane strike at those
high latitudes? Do people up there have NOAA weather
channels on their VHF radios or is that only in the US?

S.Simon


"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message ...
I hope his mooring held......
I used 1/2 chain on my mooring.....with 5 extra feet of chain...as I was too
lazy to cut it......but it saved me in the surge.....

I noticed a lot of mooring's broke here as they used line......
Some boats on the shore...... still had balls attached to their cleats....

Many boats where wasted...as the docks they were tied too broke
free....carrying the boats away.....

All in all lots of people were not prepared at all....


"katysails" wrote in message
...
I think his boat was still in Mahune Bay....

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

"sv "Sensoria"" wrote in message
...

Some boats on the shore...... still had balls attached to their cleats....

Moral:- Don't sit on your cleats when the boat is bouncing around!


Regards


Donal
--

Yup. Can you imagine all 76,000 boats in the upper bay anchored out in
creeks?


"Vito" wrote in message
...
Simple Simon wrote:

Right you are. It's common sense to remove your boat from
it's slip or dock and either have it hauled and stored in a
secure place or put it on a mooring in a protected harbor
with as little fetch as possible. ....

Nay, it's a crapshoot. I left my boat in it's slip for Isabel and FWIW
relied on doubled-up lines and prayers to Animistic Gods and Goddesses.
Not even the half-cup of coffee SWMBO left on a counter got spilled. Nor
were any of the yachts in slips on that pier or the pier immediately
East damaged. OTOH a 40' motoryacht tied upstream in the creek ended up
on a private dock. Worse, the boats that'd been "wisely" hauled out at
$200+ a pop took a beating when the super-heavy roof blew off a covered
dock maybe 20 yards from my boat and landed on several of them, then a
50' tall metal shed blew out and the debris damaged many more - one
fatally. OTOH The 6x8's supporting that roof were sheared at what'd been
the waterline at the time, leaving the pilings a few feet above the
water, and the next day the powercruisers that'd sheltered inside were
on the pilings and on each other, yet oddly (and luckily) none were
badly damaged when all was said and done. So, ya just never know.

I'm not saying it isn't "common sense" to haul your boat or tie it up a
creek for a hurricane, just that prayer to the right forces apparently
work just as well (c:

I hope Mooron et al fared OK and gets his electric back soon.

yooooooooooooowww!!!! that's gotta hurt!


"sv "Sensoria"" wrote
....
I ...... still had balls attached to their cleats....

Simple Simon wrote:

That storm seems to have gotten little publicity and
it must have been going forward at a good clip to
take so many people unaware. I can't even recall
its name or did it not have a name?

Is it that uncommon to have a 'cane strike at those
high latitudes? Do people up there have NOAA weather
channels on their VHF radios or is that only in the US?


My God but you're rather thick aren't you?

Cheers
Marty

BTW, the question is rhetorical, save your keyboard

Scott Vernon wrote:

yooooooooooooowww!!!! that's gotta hurt!

"sv "Sensoria"" wrote
...
I ...... still had balls attached to their cleats....

We breed 'em tough up here, that's why Canadian Football is better ;-)

Cheers
Marty

They do, but it's in English and the Canooks can't understand.

"Simple Simon" wrote

Do people up there have NOAA weather
channels on their VHF radios or is that only in the US?