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| 896.1 | batten down the what? | KAHALA::SUTER | We dun't need no stinkin' skis, (sometimes) | Mon Aug 19 1991 10:22 | 4 |
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My boat's all set for the storm.... it's in the garage!
Rick
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| 896.2 | Good luck to all those who must ride it out on the water!! | ROGER::GAUDET | Because the Earth is 2/3 water | Mon Aug 19 1991 10:51 | 3 |
| On the trailer and in the garage.
...Roger...
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| 896.3 | | TOTH::WHYNOT | Malibu Skier | Mon Aug 19 1991 11:32 | 4 |
| Glad I moved the mooring out another 15 ft from shore.
Wish I had a garage. :^(
Doug
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| 896.4 | "Foot in mouth" ? no, "Foot in eye" | ULTRA::BURGESS | Mad Man across the water | Tue Aug 20 1991 09:07 | 6 |
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I heard rumor that some folks were footin' on Ft Meadow Pond
in Marlborough yesterday.
Reg
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| 896.7 | Winni & Metpay | MVCAD3::CERRONE | | Tue Aug 20 1991 11:53 | 11 |
| We have a boat at Melvin Village Marina. Spoke with them by phone
today. Most of the boats did okay. One lost the camper canvas, a few
lost mooring covers but that's about it. Then again, this is in a
relatively sheltered area.
BTW, want to hear a funny coincidence? We purchased our boat about 1
month ago and insured it with METPAY. At 7:00 last night, I receive a
call from a METPAY representative with "a few questions about your boat
insurance APPLICATION"... she asked if it was fiberglass or wood and if
we'd ever been cancelled. Seems to me they may have been looking for
reasons to cancel policies before hurricane claims were submitted?
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| 896.8 | Not a repeat of a couple of years ago for me | FSOA::JGUNNERSON | | Tue Aug 20 1991 12:45 | 34 |
| Friday 8/16 I heard weather reports about "Bob" down south somewhere,
possibly going to hit the Carolinas. No worry.
Saturday 8/17 I was busy all day, never saw a weather report. Was out
on Boston harbor on a Spirit of Boston cruise.
Sunday 8/18 I got up real early, headed down to the Cape, and spent the
day working on getting the ceiling put up in the new room. Listened to
tapes on the way down and back. Heard "Hurricane" somewhere, but still
assumed it was going to hit somewhere else. Have no answer as to why I
didn't take it seriously. Went home.
Monday 8/19 I get up and watch Ch 4 and for the first time realized
what was happening. Thoughts immediately go to boat in Ryder Cove in
Chatham, and the mooring. No special preperations. Two half inch lines,
one to the bow eye, and one the forward cleat. The Gullsweep still up
there waiting to be spun fast enough to bend over and tear the canvas
again.
I tried to leave for the Cape at 9:30 using 495. Weather conditions
made me realize that if I got there I wouln't get there in time to do
anything before the storm hit. So I turned around.
At 5:00 when WBZ announced the bridges were open again we left for the
Cape. It was pretty bad down there. The condo-cottage complex had trees
down everywhere and I had to discharge my duties there first. When I
got to Ryder Cove it was dark, but I could see Lady Bee floating. I got
out to her (with a paddle, having left my oars on the beach the last
time I took her out [dummy!]), and found everything to be fine. I did
have to go around some capsized boats. Mostly sail.
I was ready, but it worked out. I was lucky. I was in Ryder Cove and
not in Allen and Wychmere harbors were I wanted to be. Those places are
a disaster.
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| 896.9 | | KOOLIT::DECAROLIS | Slalom Fever! | Tue Aug 20 1991 14:02 | 12 |
| Re: -1
I don't think the weathermen knew Bob was going to hit
New England (for sure) until Sunday a.m. Bob was a big
surprise. I'm sure you breathed a *big* sigh of relief
when you saw your boat safe and well.
Seeing all those other unfortunate boats washed up on shore,
scraping up against the rocks was very sad to see!
Jeanne
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| 896.12 | Disastrous! | BROKE::TAYLOR | Real men don't drive Nissan Pulsars | Thu Aug 22 1991 10:03 | 8 |
| My dad-in-law said that there were 12-foot swells on the big lake
during the height of "Bob" on Monday. He also said that Sebago in Maine
had 20-footers breaking against the shores.
On the up-side, this should get some used boats (with the perpetual
"For Sale" signs) moving into use.
Mike
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| 896.14 | Hurricane Bob Story | GOLF::WILSON | | Mon Sep 02 1991 21:10 | 63 |
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FSOA::MCKIE 57 lines 31-AUG-1991 11:33
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Had an interesting experience during Hurricane Bob. My 32' Bayliner
was in Boston getting a new starboard engine (subject of a separate
story). I had borrowed my dealer's personal boat during the
operation (he is really, really good) and returned it to Boston
the Saturday before Bob. It was blowing just too hard on Sunday
to return, so I figured I would go carless for the week and bring
the Bayliner back down to the Cape (Kingman Marine) the next weekend.
Monday comes around and I get back to the dealer and tie the
Bayliner down, etc. His dock actually goes dry at low tide so
we figured everything would be OK during Bob. Well, low tide
never came, but the boats did fine.
Meanwhile I'm driving around in a borrowed car and return home
for the blow. 4PM comes and I call a few friends down at Kingman,
no answer. So I call the marina, no answer. Arrgh. So I call the
Coast Guard and ask them if the tide was really high. Says they have
no idea (where are they???). So I call the Bourne police and ask how
Kingman Marine is. They say the PARKING LOT flooded hours ago.
Oh *****, my new car has 180 miles on it.
So I borrow a car and my other half politely declines joining me
on the trip calmly reminding me that she is not stupid enough
to either ride with me on a death mission to the cape or to be
there when I find the car. Smarter than I thought...
Anyway, I get to Kingman and there are trees blown all over the
place. People, boat owners and cars all over the place. As I
drive in there is a small foreign car on the upper end of the beach
obviously flooded - just next to the 40+' sailboat pinned to the
granite retaining wall. Heartbeat=100+.
Around to the back and the parking lot is full of boats that
have been hauled. Seaweed on things 5' in the air. Suspicious.
Where is my ******* car? Not there... Find several other cars,
including a nice white Vette with seaweed on its fine white
leather seats. Found more cars - all of them went swimming
when the parking lot flooded. Where is my ******* car? Heartbeat
=120+
Luck was with me. Probably God and Ken too. They towed *** only
my car *** so they could pull the boats. The parking lot flooded 5'+
and almost floated the boats they pulled. Four concrete moorings were
washed across 250+' of parking lot and almost into a row of boats.
These things are 5'x3'x3' and weigh lots.
My neighbors stayed on their boat in a slip (back side, reasonably
protected) and said the water was so high that the docks were within 3'
of floating off the pilings. When the water washed over the parking
lot, it washed the moorings with it. They were really scared that the
moorings would be washed into/on top of their boat and sink it right in
the middle of the storm. Reasonable fear, but it probably wouldn't
happen, though the moorings stopped a mere 20' from their boat.
Net score: Bob = 12 boats + 5 cars
Ted = 1 car
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