Bertram33 User Forum

Ok.. Just wondering if anyone is hauling out... I am staying put on my moring at this point... I am looking at the weather and it is calling for 27-32 and gusts to 50kt. Debating on taking down the enclosure.

I'm in Morehead City NC and a lot of boats have already been hauled. They say we're looking at getting winds of 50 - 70 MPH. No I don't haul out. I'm on a deep water protected creek. I usually double my lines and take down my canvas. During past storms I've had water up to my waist on my dock and gusts a little over 100. Buzz

You definitely want to take down that enclosure... I have watched a lot of boats riding in windstorms, and many of them rode the winds while heeled over badly and pitching around violently just because the Owner didn't do that. Good luck with the storm guys... I don't think I can remember the last time you guys saw a real hurricane threat, beyond little tropical storms anyway. Take it seriously!

Mass guys I meant(not seeing many hurricanes). I know you Carolina people get your share!

I'm south of Charleston and I feel like we are going to be fine here. But good luck to you guys from NC on up. This is one very powerful storm. Scott 1987 B33 SF Dealer's Choice V Edisto Beach, SC

I may be moving the boat up the Danver's river tomorrow night. Not sure about the enclosure yet as we're about 130 miles away from the current track.

130 miles doesn't mean too much with these damn things, especially when they get to be 300 miles wide. You can always wait until 24 hours before impact to take down the enclosures. I never do it until I'm absolutely sure I need to. Tripling up lines, especially spring lines both ways, should be ready days before. It might surprise you how long all that takes to do. Also unless you have all the lines already, get them soon. The stores' supply will quickly run out. Watch out for boats with similiarly-located outriggers in the slip next to you. I've seen the outriggers on two boats bang together and tangle up in a storm. Especially if your neighbor is a crappy Sea Ray or Ocean... fun to watch those light POS's pitch and heel all over the place, while the heavy Bert remains fairly steady. Get her all ready to go, then get yourself a rain slicker and a beer cooler and watch the show. Have to be around anyway to constantly re-adjust lines as the waters suddenly rise (this happens frightenly fast too). West side of the eye gets all the rain, and the east side gets more wind, but if you're in a harbor fed by a river then you get all the water anyway. You may well find yourself needing to walk out to adjust lines while the docks are 2 feet underwater. Biggest problem in a storm is this: did everyone else around tie off right too. You can do everything right, but then when some other dude's boat breaks loose and ping pongs around the harbor... if I left my boat on a mooring in a storm, that would scare me more than anything else. [img]http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/i ... smodel.gif[/img] Good luck fellas!

I'm on the west end of the Cape Cod Canal. Enclosure will be open and my lines are doubled. I am also tied to bow cleat to bow cleat on the boat that shares the slip with me. It will help with the gusts (swing with each other)......I hope. Brian 1986 Bertram 33 FB Cummins 6BTA'S Seahorse Ellisville Harbor, Ma

Please remember that when the worst is past and the heavey wind and rain decrease you may very well see a huge storm surge. If you are not able to let out your dock lines your going to be pulling cleats off the dock and the boat causing a lot of damage.

In my neck of the woods we're all on floating docks. The storm is due to pass at close to low tide so that is good news.

Thats going to help you alot.

We had our tropical storm watch yesterday become a tropical storm warning last night.. but it looks as if Earl will pass us well to the east without much more than 30-45 mph winds and rain. We are close to the NC-SC border and at the southern end of the warning area. "Phoenix" is about 15 miles up the Cape Fear River in a very large building where I am removing all the paint the previous owner (doofus) applied several years ago, in preparation for a new Awl Grip paint job. I think I will keep her there and work on her til the end of hurricane season.

Have you guys ever looked into sealing the cockpit deck hatches so the rain doesn't drain into the bilge? I was thinking of even sealing them with blue painters tape and force the majority of the H20 out the scuppers... Is there a downside to that strategy? I am going to remove my mooring cover due to the winds. Expecting 4 inches of rain… The way the primary sump bilge pump is set up makes me nervous… It is a Jabsco pump that has an inline filter before the pump… meaning if you suck up crap in the bilge it could clog the filter. There is a secondary pump but the set up make me nervous.

I'm moving from Scituate Harbor to a new 4300# mooring up the North River near my house. I put it in just for this purpose. Enclosure will come down Friday Morning if needed. My main concern in Scituate harbor is other boats breaking loose.

quote:Originally posted by dougl33 In my neck of the woods we're all on floating docks. The storm is due to pass at close to low tide so that is good news. That is all good news, probably. One thing I've also seen happen (it is rare) is the floating docks get lifted right off the piles by the surge, and then the boats & docks float around loose, en masse. The well thought out floating marinas actually have bigass bollard cleats on the docks and on land, to tie the dock as an assembly back to land. This is also rare. Not that you can do anything about any of those things now, but it is something to be aware of. Maybe if the piles are short you can talk the harbor master into chaining the entire dock assembly to a few nearby trees or something like that. This suggestion would probably seem like overdoing things... at some point the "fu<k it" factor takes over