Bertram33 User Forum

My youngest son's name is Matthew and I new this one would be a wild hurricane. It looks like some of us may be in for a wild ride next week.

We got lucky again, in Aruba. Blue label was on the dry, to be safer. Keep safe

I use windguru as one of my weather sites and they're already predicting 70 mph gusts for us (Cape Cod) next weekend. Rick Ticket 85 SF Merc 454 MPI's Falmouth, MA

For us Carolina guys it's starting to look like we're in for a windy weekend.

The next 3 days will tell.. tomorrow I am filling all my jerry cans with gas for the generator, filling both vehicles, and stocking up on canned foods. We have all our meds and other necessities. Stay tuned!

Good luck guys - hope it veers east.... Rick Ticket 85 SF Merc 454 MPI's Falmouth, MA

Certainly not looking overly promising for a Eastward turn. The next couple of days will tell more, but I'm starting to remove the enclosure today & get all my hurricane lines & chafing gear ready. This storm is a monster for sure.

Thanks Rick... Just watched the weather channel and saw that almost all the model forecasts show the eye aiming for my front yard. My boat is in the basin in our subdivision, which has a 1,000 foot long canal connecting it to the ICW, on the east side of which are barrier islands, with the nearest opening to the ocean is almost 1/3 of a mile north of us. During the past summer I found a couple of the cleats on our float were loose, with the bolts partially corroded away. I took them all off, reinforced the structure they were bolted to, and installed larger cleats with bigger bolts. Now all I am worried about is that our floats hold together. "Phoenix" is in a well protected slip in the basin and at normal high tide the water level is about 6' below the top of our bulkhead, and there are houses around the basin which sort of moderate the wind to some degree. My feeling is that even if I wanted to haul out I probably couldn't get a place in a boatyard since they usually take their regular customers first, and the yards get pretty full with them. Hang on Buzz.. You will probably get up in Morehead City what we had the day before. I'll post here as things develop.. Stay tuned!

Thanks Frank, I've always left the boats in the water behind my house. I've had the water over my waist on the fixed dock before and never had a problem.

We have a portable generator that we run for the refrigerator but usually stay on the boat after the storm so that we would have A/C. Hopefully nothing happens to the boat.

Does this mean you will not be going to Mum Fest, Buzz? Just kidding. I wonder if it will be cancelled? They'd be pretty stupid if they didn't.

Just think Buzz, you'll get to use the boat! I hauled Saturday and feel good its out.

My grandkids are really disappointed about Mum Fest. Three of them were spending Friday night so that we could leave on the boat early Saturday morning. My wife even enjoys going to the little festivals on the boat. That's when she usually agrees about buying anything new for the boat. Joe, did you leave your boat in the water or did you have her hauled for the hurricane?

I'm in the water, Buzz. When I built the dock I added 3 cluster pilings to tie up to for hurricanes. This moves the boat away from the dock & pretty secure.....I hope. I guess this will be a good test unless it veers more Eastward as they now predict.

Dang I have as yet to look at securing a boat in the water for a storm. Good luck to you and yours.