Next message: Jerry Donofrio Boater Voter: "Re: lv-ab: Manatee river-8 boats sunk"
The tropical storm that passed by Friday managed to sink 8 boats and caused
damage to lots of others. I was on my boat tied up at the slip during the
storm. One boat at anchor dragged down the river and ended up against a
seawall, on it's side. The biggest hit was at the marina in Bradenton,
across the river from my slip. The docks came apart, Floating docks with
concrete walkways, the flotation pulled free from the finger docks and the
boats went down with the concrete where the cleats were attached. Sailboats
and powerboats. A Hunter under the dock, just the top of a powerboat hull
stinking out of the water, mast was all you could see of a smaller
sailboat. I looked at the flotation and it had a piece of 2x4 incased in the
black plastic cover,
in the top. Four lag bolts were used in each corner into the 2x4, and every
piece of flotation I saw
had pulled loose! There was flotation all over the marina. Would you trust
your boat to a lag bolt in a piece of 2x4?(NO THRU BOLTS!) This was new
construction. I couldn't believe the damage. The floating docks that
survived took big chunks out of boats. The marina I'm in had one boat with
minor damage, along with a few bimini tops. I think wind gusts hit 50-55
Knots.
9.2A "EXO"
Palmetto, Fl.
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