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stang9150
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Response Posted - 09/12/2017 : 14:29:25

I want to thank everyone for the tips. I made it through without any issues, no damage. the marina is beat up a little bit, some parts have come loose. The kicker was yesterday the surge and south west wind was blowing fierce right up the river. At my house the wind was only 5-10 gusting maybe 20,down there over open water was a different story. The marina next to me has one boat on the bottom and one with a mast down. My dock some people have rub rail damage,roller furling jibs are shredded and one main sail got ripped apart.

Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 09/13/2017 : 07:01:28

Great news! What did I say about roller-furled sails?

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 09/13/2017 : 08:14:55

One more thought...If your boat is going to be on the hard during a hurricane, either on jackstands or on a trailer, I'd suggest anchoring it to the ground with something like this, available at reasonable cost at Lowes or Home Depot. Most building codes require that storage sheds be tied down with them, so they don't blow away in a hurricane or tornado. It isn't uncommon for boats to be blown off their jackstands during hurricanes.

Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
Past Commodore

Edited by - Steve Milby on 09/13/2017 08:16:08

TCurran
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588 Posts

Response Posted - 09/14/2017 : 03:40:28

Made it through Irma with no significant damage to the house or boats. Only regained power yesterday (Wednesday) at 1100. The marina fared well, one power boat sunk, one mast down, and one sailboat on a trailer tipped over. Quite a few rollers and mainsail damaged. Sunday was a rocking night here on the barrier island, I live between Cocoa Beach and Melbourne on FL east coast, which means we were on the "wrong" side of Irma. Quite a few waterspouts hitting beach businesses. Glad I live n a virtual bunker. Hope everyone else in Irma's path fared well.

My heart goes out to the folks in the islands, much of the businesses in BVI's are toast, pretty much the whole charter fleet is damaged or destroyed. We were scheduled to head that way on 17 Oct, pretty sure the trip insurance will be the only insurance claim from Irma.

Tom Curran
1981 Capri 25 Hull #101 "Dirty Debbie"
1988 Watkins 30
PAFB, FL

Edited by - TCurran on 09/14/2017 03:44:58

Voyager
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Response Posted - 09/14/2017 : 08:14:27

Sadly this month's SAIL Magazine featured several BVI-based Caribbean charter companies. They're selling a dream that was destroyed by the storm. Hopefully their insurance will cover what cannot be salvaged from the fleets, but timing is another matter. Do boat builders have a fleet of boats just sitting around to replace the losses or will it take a year to rebuild stocks? I wonder if charter companies in less affected areas would be willing to make a deal...

Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain � Milford, CT

bigelowp
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Response Posted - 09/15/2017 : 19:13:01

On the darker side . . . . I bet Beneteau and Jeaneau are laughing as they ramp up production to replace all the charter fleets lost over the past few weeks

Peter Bigelow
C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick
Rowayton, Ct
Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT

TCurran
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Response Posted - 09/16/2017 : 12:31:39

What Irma didn't destroy, Maria might...http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at5.shtml?cone#contents

Heard from the owner of the boat I was suppose to charter in October, they found his boat. It was found hard aground on some mangroves by the entrance to Paraquita Bay, blocked by other disabled boats. No damage assessment yet. The charter company still has two folks unaccounted for, hoping for good news.