| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 748.1 | I was getting 25 kts in a protected area!! | TOOK::SWIST | Jim Swist LKG2-2/T2 DTN 226-7102 | Thu Sep 06 1990 12:48 | 13 |
| Monday was an exciting day for a small boat. I gave up on even the
protected in-shore waters of Mid-Coast Maine after a couple of
hair-raising approaches to docks that for various reasons I had to head
into from downwind.
I waited until 5AM Tuesday to put my boat back on its mooring. My
"crew" is 6 years old and dealing with the pennant grab routine and the
tender half-full of water from Sunday night's thunderstorm seemed like
a awful way to end a great weekend / great Summer.
Of course I saw people heading to the open water with boats smaller
than mine. You know - two kinds of sailors, chicken ones (me) and dead
ones.
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| 748.2 | | DONVAN::DECAROLIS | Just HIT It | Thu Sep 06 1990 13:47 | 12 |
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Yes, Monday was a rough one for the off-shore boaters. The
Whale watching boats out of Gloucester harbor were forced to
come back into the docks. Reports were of seas of 8/9 feet.
Most of the tuna fleet were in their slips for the day. Even
the Simpatica (fathers boat) stayed in, you know its rough!
In Rockport harbour the 30ft+ sailboats were bobbing like
corks on their moorings, it was a sight!
jd/
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| 748.3 | | FREEBE::FEUERSTEIN | If it isnt a SEARAY... | Thu Sep 06 1990 13:47 | 12 |
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-<CHICKEN???>-
RE: .1
Jim,
I wouldn't call youself chicken. It's more like
smart and/or cautious. As they say, better safe
than sorry.
Andy
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| 748.4 | Another Report | NAVIER::YELINEK | WITHIN 10 | Thu Sep 06 1990 14:14 | 18 |
| I was at the marina in Newbury MA. (Parker River) near the 1A bridge
most of the day on Monday. They were official reports of 487 boaters
inside of Essex for the LaborDay weekend. A number of boaters headed
out that morning for the Parker River (next river North, less than 6 NM.
Everybody I spoke to that came in were cleaning out their pants
due to the 8/9 ft. seas as reported by Jeannie a couple notes back.
A guy I knew lost his raft and 9.9hp outboard. He indicated that
the waves were breaking over the bimini on the bridge of his Phoenix
SeaBird. His wife broke down crying as the water flattened out
on the backside of Plum Island. He told me his wife wants him to
sell the boat....
There were 3 capsizes in Ipswich Bay that day reported by the Ipswich
Harbormaster.
...not a good day in the ocean
/MArk
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| 748.5 | I was there... | GOLF::WILSON | Outboard owners have longer...seasons! | Thu Sep 06 1990 17:42 | 19 |
| We were one of those 487 boats inside the Essex River on Sunday.
We followed some friends from Hampton down to the Essex in our 17'
Sunbird cuddy, and had no problems whatsoever with weather or sea
conditions. We rafted up with 5 other boats in the Essex, ranging
in size from 22' to 33'.
When we headed back Sunday evening, two of the larger (28-30')
boats had decided to anchor in the river and stay overnight. The
last I heard, they were stuck there all day Monday and were still
there Tuesday morning.
BTW, the Essex River is a *great* spot for anchoring and partying.
We followed friends there since I had never been in that area before,
and rafting up in a place like that was a whole new experience.
Lots'o'fun! Glad we got out of there when we did though, and went
to Lake Winnipesaukee on Monday where the conditions were a little
better.
Rick
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