prep for hurricane Matthew

[Herschel]

Great news and thanks for the update!

I'm amazed at how many people don't secure their furlers. Leave tabs sticking out for wind to catch and rip open the sail. A guy in our marina did that. The jib was ripped and flopping around and I tried to tie it back up after the storm.

You have proven that being prepared saves money and damages. Good work.

Thanks, the forum helped keep me motivated and was a good sounding board. BTW I noticed one boater's effort to protect his furled jib that caught my attention. When prepping for a storm, I always reach up as far as I can and tie off a small line around the jib and the same where the sheets attach and one more lower, but this guy used his jib halyard and wrapped it around his jib multiple times like the stripes on a barber pole and then secured it to the pulpit. Looked like a clever way to help reinforce the wrap of the jib on the furler without actually tying anything around it. And, if it works, it reinforces the whole jib.

[Don T]

Hello,
The up side is the jib is well secured, the down side is the furler now has more windage and higher winds could take the mast down.

[Seapup]

5 sailboats in the marina I was in for matthew, around MM 25 on the ICW. 1 sunk, 1 partial sunk, 1 broke a mast. Host of other issues. I was OK, but a tree has the entire canal blocked.

[Phil M]

5 sailboats in the marina I was in for matthew, around MM 25 on the ICW. 1 sunk, 1 partial sunk, 1 broke a mast. Host of other issues. I was OK, but a tree has the entire canal blocked.

My goldfish pond in our backyard had ice on it this morning. But we do not get storms like that.

[kmclemore]

5 sailboats in the marina I was in for matthew, around MM 25 on the ICW. 1 sunk, 1 partial sunk, 1 broke a mast. Host of other issues. I was OK, but a tree has the entire canal blocked.

That one almost looks like there was a fire aboard.... no?

[Catigale]

5 sailboats in the marina I was in for matthew, around MM 25 on the ICW. 1 sunk, 1 partial sunk, 1 broke a mast. Host of other issues. I was OK, but a tree has the entire canal blocked.

That one almost looks like there was a fire aboard.... no?

I think those are just dirty hulls - but the 'stippling' debris on the second boat in the picture has me intrigued.

[Herschel]

5 sailboats in the marina I was in for matthew, around MM 25 on the ICW. 1 sunk, 1 partial sunk, 1 broke a mast. Host of other issues. I was OK, but a tree has the entire canal blocked.

I know that there are personal stories behind every neglected boat (e.g., sickness, divorce, death, depression, financial crisis), but for the life of me, it is hard to image someone leaving up a Bimini prior to a hurricane. I would imagine that the exposed Bimini is symptomatic of a great deal of other neglect that resulted in the sinking. It is still sad to see a boat in that state; almost like seeing an abused animal.

[Sumner]

There are a lot of boats in Florida with absentee owners that live a long way from there. I would never be able to leave a boat there in the water being one of those and seeing what can happen to them. Where we bought the Endeavour there was a boat belonging to an owner that had for whatever reason hadn't been to it for a couple years and a piling next to the boat had wore about 10 inches into the side of the boat. If the boat was in the water I wouldn't want to be in a position where I couldn't check on the boat and lines at least once a week, hurricane or no hurricane and that isn't just in Florida.

I hate that it has been a year and a half since I've been to the boatyard myself, but mine is up on stands and I'm lucky to have a friend that lives there. He checks to make sure the bilge pump is working and that the solar panel I left attached is keeping the battery charged. He also has washed the hull once for me. It doesn't take long for mold to grow on a boat in Florida like what is evident in the picture.

Hopefully Dottie and I will be back to the yard the first of December. I do understand that there are a lot of older owners that want to get to their boats but health or other reasons interfere. They want to take better care of their boats but just can't for one reason or another. Sooner or later one has to realize that things come to an end and I, myself, might be there in a year or so,

Sumner

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1300 miles to the Bahamas and back -- 2015

The MacGregor 26-S

The Endeavour 37

Trips to Utah, Idaho, Canada, Florida

Mac-Venture Links

[Seapup]

That side of the marina is shrouded with pines that turn a boat into what looks like a neglected disaster in amazingly short order. But storm wise, yeah, better precautions could have avoided most of the problems.

A large pine limb took out the mast on this bayliner, it was otherwise well prepared.

[Catigale]

There are a lot of boats in Florida with absentee owners that live a long way from there. I would never be able to leave a boat there in the water being one of those and seeing what can happen to them. Where we bought the Endeavour there was a boat belonging to an owner that had for whatever reason hadn't been to it for a couple years and a piling next to the boat had wore about 10 inches into the side of the boat. If the boat was in the water I wouldn't want to be in a position where I couldn't check on the boat and lines at least once a week, hurricane or no hurricane and that isn't just in Florida.

I hate that it has been a year and a half since I've been to the boatyard myself, but mine is up on stands and I'm lucky to have a friend that lives there. He checks to make sure the bilge pump is working and that the solar panel I left attached is keeping the battery charged. He also has washed the hull once for me. It doesn't take long for mold to grow on a boat in Florida like what is evident in the picture.

Hopefully Dottie and I will be back to the yard the first of December. I do understand that there are a lot of older owners that want to get to their boats but health or other reasons interfere. They want to take better care of their boats but just can't for one reason or another. Sooner or later one has to realize that things come to an end and I, myself, might be there in a year or so,

Sumner

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1300 miles to the Bahamas and back -- 2015

The MacGregor 26-S

The Endeavour 37

Trips to Utah, Idaho, Canada, Florida

Mac-Venture Links

If you ever got to that point, Sum, I know about 10 people who would drive down to FL and take care of your business as needed, because of your contributions to the village.

[Sumner]

If you ever got to that point, Sum, I know about 10 people who would drive down to FL and take care of your business as needed, because of your contributions to the village.

Thanks and I think most of us on here would go out of our way to help each other. It is great that we are part of a community like that and are there for one another. It is shame that some people haven't joined the community, via this forum or others, and find themselves alone when probably they don't need to be,

Sumner

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1300 miles to the Bahamas and back -- 2015

The MacGregor 26-S

The Endeavour 37

Trips to Utah, Idaho, Canada, Florida

Mac-Venture Links

[Catigale]

When my trailer tongue snapped Harry was there for me the next day. 5 others poured in offers of help.

I can't imagine trying to get through life without this on many fronts.