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Frank Hopper
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Initially Posted - 04/14/2008 :  10:15:35  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
There was a little wind at the other lake the other day, Eldorado Lake. This does not surprise me much.


More here.
http://www.pbase.com/wvsc/april_storm_damage
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Renzo
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  10:46:17  Show Profile
Ouch! <font size="2">OUCH!</font id="size2"> <font size="4">DOUBLE OUCH!!</font id="size4"> and <font size="6">HOLY @$#%^&*</font id="size6">

Hate to see that kind of damage, especially at the start of the season; but it would be intresting to know why some boats blew over and others near by didn't.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  11:15:05  Show Profile
Wow! I never saw a keelboat blown off a trailer before, except in a hurricane or tornado. It looks like most of them had even been lashed to tie-down screws set in the ground.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  11:23:55  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
That's terrifying to see. What caused it? A tornado?
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johnsonp
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  11:32:37  Show Profile
<font color="blue"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Just amazing.....I hope you came thru OK.


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stampeder
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  11:41:35  Show Profile
I wonder if having the masts up was the difference in these boats being blown over.
Did you notice if any mast down boats on trailers were upended?
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  12:02:29  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
This wind did not make the local news other than "some high gusts were recorded in the area". It's 50 miles East of our lake, we had no issues at Cheney. I have seen a couple of boats blow over at our lake years ago, but two years ago we were hit with 100 mgh and only cats and little boats blew around, of course it was in July so most were in the water.
It looks like several of the toppled ones are water ballast boats.
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  13:37:49  Show Profile
Were there any sightings of a scarecrow, lion a or tin man? Maybe a young girl and a dog?
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  14:54:22  Show Profile
What ever happened to the guy last spring that had his boat blown off the trailer and was in need of a new mast? Did he ever get one?
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  18:53:09  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Do you think that others in that yard will now routinely strap their boats to the trailer as well as the tie downs (which seemed to have failed on those that had them.)

Peggy has been after me to put tiedowns in the yard (side of house) where we keep JD, that set of pics will probably push me to the local hardware store.

Paul
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  19:26:53  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Dog anchors just pull out, buy serious ones.
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Deric
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Response Posted - 04/14/2008 :  20:25:21  Show Profile
Say Frank,

Did you notice the irony on picture 457? That is a classic; a boat off its trailor next to a boat on a trailor. The boat on the trailor is called "Breezin."

Deric
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