jimisbell
Guru
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2018
- Messages
- 643
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Papillon
- Vessel Make
- 1978 Mainship 34 Trawler #95
Moving from one place to another doesnt mean a thing.
Before Harvey hit us with the eye passing directly over the marina, my boat now but not then, a Mainship 34 trawler was moved 8 miles across the bay to Corpus Christi the day before Harvey hit. It survived without a scratch. But the marina here in Ingleside On the Bay was devastated, at least 20 boats sunk. The slip where "my boat to be" would have been, was destroyed with a huge electrical panel falling right where the boat would have been had it stayed. This proves moving is good....right?
No it doesnt, because my last boat, a 36 foot Gulfstar, was just 100 yds away from that Marina in a private canal. I had just recently sold it. It was haphazardly tied with both the jib and main on the boom and forestay and the Bimini UP. and tied only to one side of the canal with three lines and some fenders. It survived the hurricane with only the loss of one solar panel and the Bimini. Proves staying put works......right?
No, not really, because three miles inland, I had one commercial building destroyed and four others severely damaged by embedded tornadoes.
My house sits on the highest point of land on the Gulf Coast of the United States. Directly in the path of Harvey. High enough to avoid flooding, but directly in the path of the winds and high enough to be unprotected from them. Only $150 worth of damage to some trim on the edge of the roof!!!!
You just cannot predict what a Hurricane will do.
Where was I? I was 150 mles inland hunkered down and hoping something would be left when I got back;
"You pay your money and take your chances", as the roulette wheel operator says.
In my case, "Waltz across Texas" was saved because the owner moved her 8 miles. And my only destroyed building was my only fully, windstorm insured, building. The ball fell into the "00" and that was where I had placed my bet. Next time I may not be so lucky.
But I now have a greater respect for Hurricanes than I ever had before enduring a Cat 5.
Before Harvey hit us with the eye passing directly over the marina, my boat now but not then, a Mainship 34 trawler was moved 8 miles across the bay to Corpus Christi the day before Harvey hit. It survived without a scratch. But the marina here in Ingleside On the Bay was devastated, at least 20 boats sunk. The slip where "my boat to be" would have been, was destroyed with a huge electrical panel falling right where the boat would have been had it stayed. This proves moving is good....right?
No it doesnt, because my last boat, a 36 foot Gulfstar, was just 100 yds away from that Marina in a private canal. I had just recently sold it. It was haphazardly tied with both the jib and main on the boom and forestay and the Bimini UP. and tied only to one side of the canal with three lines and some fenders. It survived the hurricane with only the loss of one solar panel and the Bimini. Proves staying put works......right?
No, not really, because three miles inland, I had one commercial building destroyed and four others severely damaged by embedded tornadoes.
My house sits on the highest point of land on the Gulf Coast of the United States. Directly in the path of Harvey. High enough to avoid flooding, but directly in the path of the winds and high enough to be unprotected from them. Only $150 worth of damage to some trim on the edge of the roof!!!!
You just cannot predict what a Hurricane will do.
Where was I? I was 150 mles inland hunkered down and hoping something would be left when I got back;
"You pay your money and take your chances", as the roulette wheel operator says.
In my case, "Waltz across Texas" was saved because the owner moved her 8 miles. And my only destroyed building was my only fully, windstorm insured, building. The ball fell into the "00" and that was where I had placed my bet. Next time I may not be so lucky.
But I now have a greater respect for Hurricanes than I ever had before enduring a Cat 5.
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