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Oscar
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Initially Posted - 09/19/2003 : 15:06:23

Don't see any horror stories. So far it seems like eveyone's gotten through? Unless they're still out there picking up the pieces.....

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Response Posted - 09/19/2003 : 16:13:12

How 'bout you, Oscar... I saw footage of Commerce Street in downtown Annapolis--looked a little like Venice! Doesn't bode well for the many low areas on the Eastern Shore and the Potomac.

CT got off easy--my only damage to the boat was a couple of leaves in the cockpit. We were worried about a surge in Long Island Sound--normal tides are 7-8', and some storms have gone 6' above that, almost carrying our docks off the tops of the pilings. At that point, our protected little club becomes part of open water, with major wave action... None of that happened this time, but when another one comes farther up the coast, we'll have some things to worry about--boats being the least of them. (Our town is a forest of huge oaks and maples all around the houses, with wires strung everywhere.)

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 09/19/2003 : 16:27:43

Nah....Lady Kay was strapped to her 2000 lbs trailer high and dry in the back yard here in Bethlehem PA. It's another benefit of trailer sailing that, so far, had not even occurred to me. Storm surges have to exceed 600' to become an issue. <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> Did wake up at about 2am to hear some 50+ gusts howling around the house, but other than a wooden lawn chair on it's side we slid by.

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Response Posted - 09/19/2003 : 17:19:20

One of the reasons you have not heard for other people is they may not have power as yet. I live in Burke, VA. (near Washington D, C.) and our power was off for 22 hours. We got it back about an hour ago.
We have not seen our boat as yet, but we had it put on the hard Tuesday and it should be ok if it did not blow off the jack stands.

Lee Spain
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Sailing out of Holiday Hill Marina, Mayo, MD. off of the Rhode River.

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Response Posted - 09/19/2003 : 22:05:47

Speaking of boats on trailers, here's one the TX, OK, and KA folks can relate to... When we lived in the Detroit area, we had a Sunfish strapped onto a steel trailer that was actually much too big and heavy for the boat. A Sunfish doesn't have much windage or a very high CG, but a storm came through one afternoon and flipped the trailer and Sunfish upside-down, fortunately landing on the grass about ten feet from the condo parking lot. The same storm, with winds estimated at or above 180 (but never classified a tornado), bent the open steel frame of an unfinished 18-story office building nearby, which had to be partially torn down and rebuilt. So, nature can be nasty, and there are winds a lot stronger than those in Isabel--but generally not over as wide an area.

There are a lot of people in NC, VA, MD, and PA in the dark tonight, wondering about the food in their freezers... I know the feeling, and I hope the power returns soon. For those with flooded or damaged homes, I can hardly imagine what that's like. It's easy to watch with detachment the televised footage, but it's hard to really imagine having a major part of your home engulfed in seawater--even though you are nowhere close to being waterfront property--or with a large tree that has destroyed the roof of your home.

The word is that some victims may be without power for well over a week. Others, many in W. Virginia and Western PA where network TV has little interest, will be piecing together their lives and their belongings for longer than that. By comparison, boats are superfluous.

Consider a donation to the Red Cross. They're there.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Bubba
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Response Posted - 09/20/2003 : 21:32:12

The tidal surge beat up the more exposed docks at Herrington Harbour Marina on the Chesapeake. Take a look:
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The Frayed Knot looks like it was hit with an ugly stick, but she's still floating. Two boats next to mine broke loose and left their marks. That's what happens when you take the time to secure your boat - and your neighbors don't. Some others did not fare so well, so I consider myself lucky. Might be shopping for a trailer this winter. You trailer sailor's obviously know what you're doing!

Dave & Deb
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 09/21/2003 : 08:37:14

Looks like I spoke too soon. We were planning a Chesapeake trip first week of October, the four guys four boats routine....My buddy spoke to the man at St. Michaels Marina who says he was in five feet of water, and he'll be lucky if he's back in shape by next season. I fear for the Maritime Museum. Catalina and the likes can churn out as many plastic turds as needed to replace whatever got crunched, but the museum contained items that are not replacable....Come to think of it, the Sequoia was docked there too....

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Response Posted - 09/21/2003 : 12:13:18

I've been trying to find some news about the Easton/St. Michaels area from the on-line Star Democrat in Easton, but I think they're having some trouble publishing.

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Response Posted - 09/21/2003 : 12:24:47

Latest from the Star Democrat:
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Volunteers waded through waist-high water at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on Friday. The water had withdrawn by Saturday, but the smells of the Miles River lingered in the museum store, a line of black and brown scum along the white walls marking the previously 3-feet-high water levels. A forklift hoisted one of the museum's small wooden boats that traveled about 50 yards away from its usual location Thursday night and a steady stream of wooden saw horses, benches, planks and tools were returned to the museum from the Inn at Perry Cabin throughout the day Saturday. Nearly all of the museum's artifacts remained intact through the storm.

"Our floating boat collection increased a bit," museum spokesman Bill Thompson joked Saturday.

"It could've been so, so much worse," said John R. Valliant, museum president, who grilled hotdogs for the apprentices and volunteers who helped with the clean-up on Saturday. "It's a result of having a plan, following it and the plan was valid."
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Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 09/21/2003 : 15:35:05

It's nice to hear that they thought ahead. Thanks for digging that up Dave.

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