One Tough boat

[moctrams]

Don't know where this is.


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[fmueller]

a few scrapes --- it will be fine ...

[Sleepwalker]

The hailing port says Portsmouth, RI. Probably in last week's storm. Not the only boat that ended up ashore.

[drysuit2]

This was in Hempstead Harbor NY. One harbor to the east of Manhasset Bay on the north shore of long Island. Hempstead Harbor does not have a natural hurricane hole. Instead they have a jetty that starts out from Seacliff and extends westward into to mouth of the bay. The problem with this time of year is that the wind switches a lot. NW to N to NE to SE to SW etc. so most folks end up with their pennant twisted around the chain on their moorings.

Even if you are conscientious, and go out and unwind your pennant from your chain, it doesn't mean that the guy upwind of you does. In the last few weeks we have had some very windy days. That means a whole lot of torn jibs. several boats that were pulled under during the NE high tides, because of twisted chains [read shortened]. And several boats that sawed through their pennant lines as they were wrapped around the Mooring chain.

It's my understanding that while the CD 30's lines where fine. Someone upwind of him came lose and cut through his pennant. He is lucky he went aground on the sand.

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