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DrDre
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Initially Posted - 09/12/2003 :  13:05:58  Show Profile
Calling all Hands!;
I have just closed on a beautiful 250 Wing Keel and need any assistance getting her out of the water and on to a truck for hauling to NYC. The boat and I are in Charleston, South Carolina. I want to get out of the way before Isabel strikes, if she strikes. The three marinas in the area that do haul-outs all are full/booked already with other boaters doing the same thing. Now my next option is to try and find someone somewhere who has a trailer for a 250 WK that I can use for transport. I'd be willing to rent it, then rent a 4x4, and haul it up to NYC myself then return the trailer to the owner.

I'm running out of options here and would really apprecitate any opions/options I haven't thought of yet.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

-Andre' and Erica
'98 250 WK "Ananda"
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DrDre
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Response Posted - 09/12/2003 :  13:21:14  Show Profile
If "Ananda" has to weather the storm what are my options on ground tackle? I already have a Danforth for a 30' boat with about 100' of rode (10' chain). I will be buying another Bruce at 15 Kilos later today and an additional 200' of rope. The current idea is to lay out the Bruce as the main anchor and then slave on the same line the Danforth paying out the full length of rode and attaching to the bow-eye. Sound like a plan?

Thanks,

Andre'
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Response Posted - 09/13/2003 :  10:28:32  Show Profile
If you are going to try to ride it out, you might want to set up a three-way mooring using 22# Danforths set out 60 degrees from each other and shackled at the center. Use chain. From the shackle, use a lighter chain to the mooring float, and long, twin mooring pennants of 3/4" nylon shackled to the chain under the float. Using predicted surge on top of normal high tide, aim for at least 5:1 scope from cleat to anchor. Strip anything off the deck you can, including boom and mailsail, to reduce windage. If it stays at Category 5 and you get a direct hit, probably nothing will work. Good Luck.
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ronrryan
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Response Posted - 09/13/2003 :  21:04:23  Show Profile
If you MUST be afloat for such a storm, it would help to get the mast down if you can. It is unlikely you would be sailing anyway, and the rig creates an amazing amount of windage. Anchors in tandem is good, the more chain the better, CHAFE is the enemy, so parcel the rode at the chocks with everything you can, double up the pennants as mentioned above, a set with two rodes led to two anchor points, each with tandem anchors is good. If it is category four or five, there have been known instances of the bow being torn off boats, so just do the best you can and then take care of the people. Boats can be replaced. God bless, we will say a prayer, ron srsk Orion SW FL
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