Earl
Good news Buzz... Glad you are OK! Yesterday I spoke to friends who live in the town I used to live in north of Boston (Beverly, MA) and they said they just got a small amount of rain and a little wind, but nothing unusual. It looks like the Outer Banks was the only area to get much of anything.
Frank B - IRGuy@aol.com "Phoenix" 1983 FBC Cummins 6Bs - 315HP Wilmington, NC
I think you guys got lucky on Earl. It passed up the outside of the bahamas, so we didn't see much. I went to Bimini on Fri. There were some big swells coming down the Fla. Straits, but it was a good ride. The weather ended up being really nice over there, but now we get the after affects of most hurricanes sucking all the moisture up from the south causing lots of thunderstorms. Anyway, back to comments on how I tie up for hurricanes. I've been through several over the years. 1. Take all the canvas and enclosers off. Even the frames if you can. I actually had my aft sunshade frame ripped off with no canvas on it. 2. Plug up your air scoops and vents. I do tape up my hatches with the blue painters tape to keep all that water from going into the bilge. Keep an eye on it. Some leaves plugged my scuppers and I had 1 ft of water in the cockpit. Not a drop in the bilge though. 3. I place chain on the batten pilings across the canal, plus chains on my seawall cleats. Connect premade double lines to bow, spring and stern cleats. 4. Then move the boat to the center of the canal, bow anchor out with 30 ft of chain. Same at stearn with big dansforth storm anchors. 5. Drink heavily and hope it is all there when it's over. So far, I've been lucky. Gene Dugan Boca Raton, Fl. "Nauti Marie" 1989 33 FBC 2007 8.1 Crusaders
Gene Dugan Boca Raton, Fl. "Nauti Marie" 1989 33 FBC 2007 8.1 Crusaders SOLD 2000 Pursuit 2870 Offshore Twin 2016 Suzuki 200s
