Ronald Hugh Roberts wrote:
donw_s11 wrote:
My new boat was there when you were there. Like
your boat, it went through Hurricane Claudette
back in July 2003. Here is a NWS link which
mentions a F1 tornado hitting Palacios during the
hurricane. Apparently, it was the first hurricane
to hit Matagorda bay since 1971.

http://www.srh.weather.gov/hgx/projects/claudette03.htm

Nice photos. Here are some that I took:

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/sail/2003/claudette/

Pretty cool pics--thanks for sharing.

And here's a picture of Sea Shanty:

http://www.cactus.org/~ronr/images/2...typalacios.jpg

Are those mast steps on your mast? If so, are
they the folding kind. I need to do something
like that also.

Sharon Ragle and her husband Dave are in that
marina also. I bought a autographed copy of her
book "The Oceans are Waiting" at the marina
office. They circumnavigated in their 37'yacht
"Tigger".


They sold Tigger to a Canadian couple.

Ah. I guess I missed that part of the
conversation. Did they buy a new boat, or have
they swallowed the anchor?

Don W.