Capitaine R
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2017
- Messages
- 424
- Location
- U.S.A.
- Vessel Name
- Charlie Noble
- Vessel Make
- 32 Nordic Tug
The latest news say 3' in that area
Up here in New England, most owners haul their boats when forecasts indicate a close or direct hit to their home port. Most insurance companies up here will not cover storm damage from any "named storm" if the boat is not hauled or moved to a proven "hurricane hole". Insurance coverage will pay for 50% of the cost to do a named storm related short haul. In over 40 years with a boat on a mooring in Rhode Island, I've hauled the boat for about 6 hurricanes. I'm always amazed when I see the videos of Southern boats sunk or thrown up on shore, leaving their boats in the water in the worse possible place... tied up to a floating dock slip.
OK here is the latest update for my situation. I spent several hours at the Orthopedic Surgeon yesterday. No surgery required. Also got rid of those crutches. At 65 I thought the crutches were going to kill me. I now have a walking boot and pain pills. Allows me to be able to walk slowly and now I watch where I'm going. R
I was at the slip and looking at the posts sticking up above water level 10 feet and thinking about hurricane storm surge. That amount of water is unfathomable. I wondered if our marina would survive such a storm.
All the talk about doubling up lines to prep to shelter in place wont make any difference if that big surge happened. You can't just add lines, you have to allow the boat to float up with the surge. I imagine some boats will pull out the pilings, or break something.
This storm is a little too close for comfort so I'm trying to stay quiet. The good news is the storm surge should spread out over the relatively flat ground. The bad news is the same. It will spread out in remote places where many people would never anticipate flooding.
People forget that damage from wind increases exponentially with the wind velocity. This is a very dangerous storm.
Today I saw electric crews headed east toward the storm area. Help is on the way.
Arte Johnson tricycle??? That put me in the Wayback Machine.
Micheal gets worse! As it's hitting landfall, 145 mph and increasing.
I feel for all the folks in it's path, won't be easy. Be safe first, and protect your toys second.
As for boats, I'm in the camp of not trying to out run a storm. First, boats are super slow and second, storms can change direction... just too much risk unless you have a slam dunk plan.
Hauling could be the best, but often hard to on land high enough and fighting the crowd to get in line and pay the big bucks. I'll take a good hole or cove where I could set out very long springs to a solid foundation... also hard to find. Marinas have their risk unless really well built.
No perfect solution.
Weather channel live online, I am watching without any logins.
Just said steady winds exceeding 150 mph and may increase some more.
https://weather.com/tv/the-weather-channel-live/video/watch-the-weather-channel-live