[Rhodes22-list] Herb: Hurricane Holes

[Jim White]

Funny
It's actually one of the bigger local ISD's now.

Did your Dad ever tell you how the town got it's name?

Here in Port Isabel the graduating class averages <75 people....still quite 
small!
jw
At 10:18 AM 8/9/2005, you wrote:
>Jim,
>  Interesting to hear you mention Donna, TX. My dad graduated from High
>School there back in the early '50s. He always talked about what a huge
>graduating class he had, I think it was around 25.
>  Hank
>
>  On 8/9/05, Jim White <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Herb:
> > I trailered Le Menagerie up the Valley, over to the town of Donna and hid
> > her outside of town on a friends property.
> >
> > However, I motored my current project boat up into the Port of Brownsville
> > and tied her off at the back of the Shrimp basin. There were several other
> > sailboats there. BTW I know of a few other folks who took their boats up
> > the Arroyo Colorado, almost as far as the Port of Harlingen. The Arroyo
> > has
> > high banks, is fairly deep (16-18 feet in many places) and has some
> > advantageous meander loops and side channels.
> >
> > Those are the main options here.
> > Cheers,
> > jw
> >
> > At 10:07 AM 8/9/2005, you wrote:
> > >Jim,
> > >
> > >Out of curiosity, where did you duck into for a "hurricane hole"? Was it
> > a
> > >"sail-in" spot, or a "trailer-in"?
> > >
> > >Herb Parsons
> > >
> > >S/V O'Jure
> > > 1976 O'Day 25
> > > Lake Grapevine, N TX
> > >
> > >S/V Reve de Papa
> > > 1971 Coronado 35
> > > Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
> > > >>> jdwhite at utpa.edu 08/09/05 8:39 AM >>>
> > >Howdy ya'll:
> > >Menagerie arrived back home from it's hiding place about eighty miles
> > >inland where it had been since hurricane Emily. Yesterday I powerwashed
> > the
> > >hull, and scrapped the few small barnacles that were scattered around
> > off,
> > >inspected the bottom, topsides and all standing rigging.
> > >
> > >Alas, a wire strand at the mast side of the headsail furling tube has
> > >broken, necessitating replacement. I plan on light sanding and bottom
> > >painting this afternoon, then tackling the headstay, hoping to surgically
> > >remove the bushings....if I have a problem though, thank goodness I now
> > >have a complete shop at my disposal thanks to another old fisherman
> > friend
> > >of mine where I can fabricate the damn things. Hope to be sailing again
> > by
> > >the weekend.
> > >
> > >Cheers
> > >jw
> > >
> > >Jim White
> > >Le Menagerie
> > >www.lemenagerie.blogspot.com <http://www.lemenagerie.blogspot.com>
> > >
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