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Geoff Schultz

Jere Lull wrote in news:jerelull-
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Geoff Schultz wrote:

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.

We were out on the hook for Ernesto, and it was a fun night, but I
wouldn't call it worse than predicted, nor all that bad -- except for
the surge on the western shore, one reason we chose to be on the
Eastern ;-) We had a foot or two over normal high tide, mostly
from the southerly component all day & night.

I always wonder about people that keep their canvas up all the time.
Summer squalls often top 70 knots and we were in one that exceeded 95
for most of an hour, not to mention the storms with 50+ knots to be
expected each season

'Course, the winds usually come from the north. Deltaville isn't well
protected from the south and east, as I recall.

The marinas in Deltaville are generally fine. It's a well protected
anchorage. Winds out of the N to NW are the worst. Luckily most of the
winds were out of the NE. The biggest problem that Regatta Point Marina
had was the wind funneling down the creek which pretty much lays E-W
along with a 5.5' surge.

-- Geoff

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