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Death of a Princess
We got a preliminary report today that all the boats in our marina are
sunk. Sounds like bad news for the Zombie Princess. We're gonna try to zip into Slidell to check for ourselves early next week. I'll send an update when we know more. Frank and krewe, in Houston |
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Good Sirs
My heartfelt condolences. It just makes me weep to see so many sweet sailboats in heaps among the rubble. Best of Luck Vitus |
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I thought I had it bad when I got whacked by Charley. Nothing comes
close to what you folks are going through. My deepest thoughts and prayers to all of you. |
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Well, initial reports of total destruction at our marina were
completely incorrect. The Zombie Princess is afloat and essentially undamaged, although she is literally surrounded by sunken and grounded boats. Hooray for us! Terrific sadness for all the destruction we saw around us in Slidell. I can't even imagine being in New Orleans proper. Old radar reflector blew away. (I'd already bought a replacement; just hadn't installed it yet.) Lost one dorade vent. Need a coupla new jibsheets, which I'd taken off and used as added docklines; both are now simply missing. Got some rubs on the gelcoat, starboard side, where she rubbed against another boat which survived. Hey! She's a 20 year old Hunter, her gelcoat was already pretty scratched up and faded. These are "keeper" hurricane scars a boat should be proud to wear. For a lengthy description, see our blog: http://www.zombieprincess.blogspot.com What we hafta do now is find out if or when we can get out of Lake Pontchartrain. A brief trip to West Marine, a day of general cleanup, and we're back on track. See ya, Frank, lucky SOB |
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"Frank" wrote in
oups.com: Frank, lucky SOB Congratulations, Frank! All I saw on local NO, MS, AL tv streams on the internet were cleaned marinas, right down to the parking lots. Glad your boat made the trip. Let's call her "seaworthy"...(c; -- Larry |
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Frank wrote:
Well, initial reports of total destruction at our marina were completely incorrect. The Zombie Princess is afloat and essentially undamaged, although she is literally surrounded by sunken and grounded boats. Hooray for us! Terrific sadness for all the destruction we saw around us in Slidell. I can't even imagine being in New Orleans proper. Old radar reflector blew away. (I'd already bought a replacement; just hadn't installed it yet.) Lost one dorade vent. Need a coupla new jibsheets, which I'd taken off and used as added docklines; both are now simply missing. Got some rubs on the gelcoat, starboard side, where she rubbed against another boat which survived. Hey! She's a 20 year old Hunter, her gelcoat was already pretty scratched up and faded. These are "keeper" hurricane scars a boat should be proud to wear. For a lengthy description, see our blog: http://www.zombieprincess.blogspot.com What we hafta do now is find out if or when we can get out of Lake Pontchartrain. A brief trip to West Marine, a day of general cleanup, and we're back on track. See ya, Frank, lucky SOB I'd get her out of that lake ASAP re all the crap being pumped in. Delay and you might need a bio-suit just to board her. |
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