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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 09/07/2008 : 08:24:32

We on western Long Island Sound (LIS) got off very easy. There seemed to be no wind, just rain and checking Sailflow it appears that LIS received steady 10-15 with gusts only to the mid 20's. The south shore of Long Island had constant upper 20's with gusts to the low 40's -- again much less than feared. We did receive alot of rain and some beach erosion mostly at high tide. Limerick appears to have come through in fine shape -- however I think this winter I will move re-sealing the windows up a few notches on the "to do" list. Hope everyone -- south and north -- came through safetly and that this is the worst we will be facing this season.

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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 09/07/2008 : 08:30:43

Oh, and Dave, regarding the rigging -- all new last year, well tuned so, yes, a relative non event. My son works at Norwalk YC and in the Labor Day "no name" storm in 06 they lost @six and had severe damage to another @5 yachts in conditions that were truly hurricane force winds. This time around they went over the top to secure all boats and my son learned a lot about "securing" keel boats for storms. He attacked securing our boat like a retriever chasing a ball. If I had told/taught him, forget it, but coming from the club Captain, he had a point to prove and I benefited! Wish that club Captain would tutor him in High School chemistry!

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Response Posted - 09/07/2008 : 09:14:32

Tom, glad to hear alls well, the town looks like it needs some recovery.

Will your new house be atop of stilts?

Sure looks a pretty area, whens move in day?

Paul

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redviking
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Response Posted - 09/07/2008 : 10:05:26

We had a guest on SV Lysistrata and we were supposed to sail to Martha's Vineyard from Newport. In view of Hannah, we opted for Block Island. We departed Wed 9/3 in the afternoon and carefully made our way into the Great Salt Pond shortly before 10. All of the town balls were taken and we were going to have to drop a hook - which I ordinarily don't mind - but Block has bad holding and boats do drag. I decied to give it one more college try and sure enough lucky ball number 13 was found.

We played on Thursday with the idea that we would return to Newport and deliver our friend to the airport on Saturday... All of a sudden there was this mass exodus. Boats, docks, everything... Suddenly we felt very much alone. Nobody in Newport would guarantee us a ball because of the storm and the Newport Boat Show if we made the crossing and looking at the storm track, we decided that being on a ball offshore was better than being on a hook in Newport. Our friend was going to have to take the Point Judith ferry or see if Dave Bristle could come out and do long distance launch service!

BTW - docks damage boats. True seamanship involves as suggested stripping the vessel and then taking it to the most protected spot and rigging hooks and chafing gear.

Block Island balls are inspected annually and since there were fewer boats, we felt that someone bearing down on us was a greater risk in Newport than here. Remember, this is our home... So we secured the boat, ran a second pennant to the ball, charged the batteries, made some food, went ashore and took showers and organized the dink and our emergency supplies including the ditch bag.

We secured the dink alongside the mothership with a bumper to protect the hull and lines tied fore and aft to the dink. In gale force winds, dinghy's do flip. we did not want to haul ours just in case we wanted to get off, AND that would only make for more windage on the foredeck. That being said, taking the 6 horse off of the Zodiac would be hard work and putting it back on in an emergency would be impossible. So we opted to leave it on and it worked out fine...

The storm did do some blowing. We answered calls made to the harbormaster at about midnight from concerned sailors who were thinking that they were dragging, when in fact they were not. They were on a ball and nearing an empty ball and thought that they had moved... i reassured them that they would be ok.... At o'dark thirty, we heard the coasties respond to a report in Newport about boats dragging everywhere... We made a good decision.

The boats that left were undoubtedly piloted by people with mooring balls and/or docks and homes on land. We do not, so staying put really was the best option.

Sten

DPO Zephyr - '82 C25, FK, SR
SV Lysistrata - C&C 39 - Block Island, RI - Ball #13

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Response Posted - 09/07/2008 : 10:18:48

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
 ...take the Point Judith ferry or see if Dave Bristle could come out and do long distance launch service!

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">For next time, I'll send you my fare sheet. (Hint: The ferry is cheaper!

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All buoy data for NJ, LI, and Eastern CT indicates winds reached around 30 mph sustained, with gusts in the 40s. (Radio and TV yahoos are saying 60s.) Now that Josephine has fizzled, it looks like we in the NE can relax for a few weeks. TX/LA/MS are another matter...

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