| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
| Total number of notes: | 20724 |
This weekend mother nature provided a spectacular show (if your
boat was out for the season). If your boat was still in the water
the weather was quite a heart pounder.
In Newburyport there were four boats sunk and several (I heard 4)
dismasted. The sailboats that were unlucky enough to be tied to
floating docks took a beating like you wouldn't believe. At one
point late Saturday morning every Coast Guard vessel in the Merrimack
had a boat in tow. One Coast Guardswoman was thrown overboard in
the river and retrieved. For us this storm peaked at high tide
and in fact moved it about an hour. Waves were breaking over the
boardwalk on the river!
It occurs to me that there are some possible lessons to be learned
here. Many boats were victims of broken moorings (20+). Newburyport
has no regulations that I know of regarding mooring designs. We
had a significant number of transient boats here enroute to haulout
and I would guess they were picking up any mooring with a float
on it. Also, I was out on the previous night applying chafing
gear and I was all alone. I didn't see any other people doing this
and I didn't see any gear on the boats I went by.
Any other damage reports?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1024.1 | MPGS::BAILEYB | May the 4 winds blow u safely home | Mon Oct 24 1988 14:19 | 2 | |
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| 1024.2 | R.I. was hit HARD | 20811::KEENAN | Paul Keenan 297-7332 | Mon Oct 24 1988 15:06 | 13 |
On Western Narragansett bay the damage is very bad. Dozens of boats
in Wickford and East Greenwich were washed on beaches (if they were
lucky) or ground to a pulp on rocks. A swell of water was driven
to the west side of the bay by the winds exceeding 50 knts. This
raised the water level several feet at high tide. These
two harbors are congested, resulting in restrictions on mooring
scope. Many boats dragged 250 lb mushrooms right onto the rocks.
Owners of waterfront property had their docks damaged by
sailboats beating themselves to death. A friend who
lives in Wickford tells me the shore is lined with hunks of fiberglass.
-Paul
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