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I once had a captain tell me that a motorcycle helment with a full face
shield worked well, on deck, in hurricane cond. Would'nd want to try it,
but makes some sense.
Charles Curry
Bristol 40 MS
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From: "Ken James" <>
To: "Rosalie B." <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: Hurricane prep
> All in all, very good advice. Esp. the part about get out of the hurricane
> areas when they will be there, if you can. Some of us have to stay put,
> however.
>
>
> > move to a hurricane hole ahead of everyone else (maybe a couple of
> > days before you knew where the hurricane was actually going to go) and
> > be prepared to stay there for the length of time (4 days to a week)
> > that was necessary until the danger was past.
>
>
> I agree with this entirely.
>
> As each awful gust, often combined with a wave on one or other side of
her
> bow literally threw her back and on her side, the rode stretched-
>
> And this is waht will often cause a LOT of chaffing, if not over a roller.
I
> am lucky in one sense that with my old boat, with a broad beam, (in the
> middle, that is) low freeboard, and deep, very heavy keel, and full skeg,
> she doesn't sail too much at anchor.
>
>
> > >I think an all chain rode would have snubbed the anchors out- no matter
> what the scope.
>
> I agree with this, but I always use very heavy chain up to the anchor as
it
> keeps it down better than any other method and prevents the rode from
> chaffing below the water. But I have 30-40 ft of nylon rode to the boat,
> sometimes more. We did have a tree break one rode this time...it came from
> the shore 5-600 ft away! Amazing!
>
> It was impossible to achieve anything on deck, especially with driving
rain,
> above 80 knots.
>
> I have heard this so many times I just don't know what to say, except
maybe
> I am a bit more active than most folks, as 80 kts of wind and rain don't
> seem to bother me too much...this time, the 135 kts made the rain really
> hurt, but by holding on my jacklines I always have rigged (habits of the
> single hander) I had no trouble...and 135 would be over twice the energy
of
> 80 kts. I am not "macho" either, at around 150 lbs and six foot, but maybe
> somewhat more agile. In any case, I will say that without the manual
> windless it would have been impossible to pull any of the anchor lines in
> once things really got going (I do that, an inch or so at a time, to help
> prevent any chaff)...and that is a first for a hurricane with me.
>
> Chafe is by far the biggest on deck problem.
>
> Amen!-Ken
> >
>
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