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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Fri Sep 19 2003 - 16:40:10 EDT
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:33:05 -0400, you wrote:
>Rick Bradshaw wrote:
>
>> I think a lot of us are wondering how the list members on the U.S.
>> East coast weathered the storm. Soon as you know, how about letting
>> us know how you, your boat, your marina, etc. weathered the storm?
>> Were there any lessons learned? What did you do this time that you
>> would not do again? What do you wish you had done that you didn't?
>> What really worked well? Did you leave the projected area and go
>> somewhere else to tie up or did you do the navy thing and go to sea?
>> All these and more would be good information for the rest of us who
>> don't live there to "read and heed" should we decide to change our
>> location.
>
>Rick,
>
>I can't get to my boat yet. Water is still a few feet over the docks. But
>Capella appears fine and is riding comfortably.
>
>Isabel was not a strong storm when she hit Annapolis. She was still the
>strongest in memory, and probably will end up being the most damaging in 50
>years. But the fact is that she was only at tropical storm strength, with
>peak winds in the 50s. And her track carried her about 100 miles to our
>west, which reduced the potential for surge.
>
>One of these days, we'll get a Category 3 hurricane tracking directly up the
>Bay...exactly what Isabel looked to do only five days ago. When that
>happens, damage will be *much* more severe.
>
>Marinas in these parts do not build slips with any more beam than needed to
>fit a boat. That's OK with our typical 1-2 foot tidal range. It's
>impossible to rig lines for boats in a slip to allow for a greater range.
>As a result, boats left in slips are often seriously damaged. My slip,
>rented from the home owner where it's located, is 20 feet wide. That allows
>me to rig proper spring lines. If I were in a narrower slip, I would have
>taken the boat out and anchored.
>
The problem with anchoring out is that usually you have to stay on the
boat. We didn't want to do that.
So we tied the boat in the slip. We had lots of spring lines out to
the back pilings (Bob used all the lines we have), and to the pilings
across the dock. As a matter of fact I walked down the dock at low
tide this afternoon (it was still about knee high in water), and at
every slip I had to either step over or duck under the lines from the
boats on either side.
Some folks hauled their boats and some live-aboards went and anchored
out. There were even a few that stayed on board in the marina. One
of them said we got 59 knots of wind - it was a power boat. The steps
of the marina office were moved over a couple of feet, and the water
went up to within about a foot of the top of the pilings.
>The big question prior to the storm's arrival is always the guess of how
>severe it will be, and how much preparation is enough. I ended up stripping
>off my dodger and both head sails, but leaving the bimini and main sail in
>place (with the main sail cover wrapped in line and the boom tied down.
>OTOH, the owner of the other boat at my dock only doubled his lines - and
>didn't remove anything. He seems to have fared as well as I.
Bob took the dodger down but just wrapped the ends of the furling
sails and they appear OK. He also deflated the inflatable and stowed
it next to the life lines beside the portabote. One catamaran named
GOODY TWO SHOES has a blown out headsail which is flapping in the
breeze.
grandma Rosalie
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