I talked to abother friend in Greenwich. He reports the
winds were Southeasterly and that a dozen boat went up on
the rocks and half a dozen sank at Indian Harbor. All on
moorings.

Some say the winds were over 60 knots. They were
definately over 50 knots with 11 feet of surf according to my
friend.

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote

Scotty wrote:
As normal practice, I wind the jib sheets 3-4 times and
cleat the RF line, and then tie a seperate double line
around the sail. For Isabel, I removed all sail.

This is basically what we do out here... it's always sad to see what
happens when a novice with a furler fails to do that, and the sail
comes loose.

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