"Bill Kearney" wrote in
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This might be a stretch, but I am heading out to the east coast this
week and will be in Chevy Chase, Maryland. How is the shore and all
the boats after the storm?

There's no shore in Chevy Chase. Nearest water's either the Potomac or
the Bay off Annapolis.

Ernesto caused little or no damage. Just the typical stuff you'd see
from a high tide and poorly moored boats. A few lost bimini covers or
sails improperly stowed. But otherwise, nothing of any consequence.

I know that I'm way late to this discussion, but I just returned from 3+
weeks down on my boat, which is in Deltaville, VA, and I can assure you that
Ernesto was a lot stronger than anyone predicted. In Deltatville they
clocked 68 kts in the marina and at Tangier Island they saw in excess of 90
MPH. The surge in Deltaville was about 5.5'. I purposefully picked Regatta
Point Marina because they had floating docks and I would be around to adjust
lines, etc.

BlueJacket was probably the best tied up boat in the marina and completely
stripped, but many boats weren't secured either due to laziness or the
forecast, which was completely off. Quite a few pilings were broken off,
primarily due to large power boats with huge windage which were improperly
secured. I can assure you that the canvas shops loved the storm as it was
amazing how many people didn't take down their canvas.

-- Geoff