Boat Survived Hurricane Charley?

Any mooring tips that they could share used during Hurricane Charley?

My pontoon boat did fine in 100MPH+ winds.
I have a small cove next to my lift and I tied all 4 corners to trees and
pilings with long lines, pointed into the wind. I only had water in one life
jacket locker. The console and fence was plastered with leaves and other plant
material.

Gene Kearns wrote:

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 01:40:57 GMT, "Networkin" wrote:

Boat Survived Hurricane Charley?

Any mooring tips that they could share used during Hurricane Charley?


No, not really. We weathered the storm quite well. The house
suffered only storm clean-up damage... tree limbs, leaves.. that sort
of thing.

The boat survived unscathed, save the loss of a fender.

Highest recorded local gust? 78 MPH....

Ist row houses had 6 inches of water (above the sand) and the storm
hit at low tide. Sea foam was blown into the 3 row......

Analysis? We ducked another bullet.....

We did, too. Some of the NOAA tracking predictors had the storm coming
up the western shore of the bay, but it shifted eastward. We had some
rain, no serious wind. High tide was pretty high Saturday night, but it
was going to be the month's highest tide anyone, I think.



--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

Harry,
Don't you hate not being the center of attention? I hate to tell you this,
but the hurricane missed most of us.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gene Kearns wrote:

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 01:40:57 GMT, "Networkin" wrote:

Boat Survived Hurricane Charley?

Any mooring tips that they could share used during Hurricane Charley?


No, not really. We weathered the storm quite well. The house
suffered only storm clean-up damage... tree limbs, leaves.. that sort
of thing.

The boat survived unscathed, save the loss of a fender.

Highest recorded local gust? 78 MPH....

Ist row houses had 6 inches of water (above the sand) and the storm
hit at low tide. Sea foam was blown into the 3 row......

Analysis? We ducked another bullet.....

We did, too. Some of the NOAA tracking predictors had the storm coming
up the western shore of the bay, but it shifted eastward. We had some
rain, no serious wind. High tide was pretty high Saturday night, but it
was going to be the month's highest tide anyone, I think.



--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:13:39 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


We did, too. Some of the NOAA tracking predictors had the storm coming
up the western shore of the bay, but it shifted eastward. We had some
rain, no serious wind. High tide was pretty high Saturday night, but it
was going to be the month's highest tide anyone, I think.

Did you take any precautions against yout double-wide from blowing
away?

Buy a boat lift. Raise it to near maximum height, tie the boat to the
pylons, and then tie the lift cradle to the pylons. Every person I know who
secured their boat this way still have their boats intact.




"Networkin" wrote in message
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Boat Survived Hurricane Charley?

Any mooring tips that they could share used during Hurricane Charley?

Good to hear that worked out for you.
Did you use any lines midship? I wouldn't think that 4 lines would have
been enough.


"Greg" wrote in message
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My pontoon boat did fine in 100MPH+ winds.
I have a small cove next to my lift and I tied all 4 corners to trees and
pilings with long lines, pointed into the wind. I only had water in one
life
jacket locker. The console and fence was plastered with leaves and other
plant
material.

Buy a boat lift. Raise it to near maximum height, tie the boat to the
pylons, and then tie the lift cradle to the pylons. Every person I know who
secured their boat this way still have their boats intact.

That's great until the storm surge goes over the top of the lift and the boat
goes through the roof.
BTDT
Friday the rails of my boat were about even with the boat lift roof ... then
the tree fell on it. Fortunately my boat was tied about 25' away in open water.

Did you use any lines midship? I wouldn't think that 4 lines would have
been enough.

There really isn't anything solid midship on a pontoon to tie something to. I
tied off to the lift rings on the pontoons with 5/8 nylon. I had my anchor out
off the bow hook but that wasn't going to hold much if the lines failed.

Thanks I can see your point. Hey maybe some big C-Clamps may work in a
pinch just a thought.
I have a 26ft aft cabin and it didn't come w/ cleats either midship, But I
installed them after my first weekend out, I was rocking back and forth in
the slip all weekend long. I had no place to secure spring lines except the
bow / stern. It was a kind lesson to me if the weather goes bad.




"Greg" wrote in message
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Did you use any lines midship? I wouldn't think that 4 lines would have
been enough.

There really isn't anything solid midship on a pontoon to tie something
to. I
tied off to the lift rings on the pontoons with 5/8 nylon. I had my anchor
out
off the bow hook but that wasn't going to hold much if the lines failed.