[Rhodes22-list] Elvis

[Saroj Gilbert]

Sounds like a good time to dredge up the hurricane prep instructions that 
were posted (here, I think.. but maybe I got them from U.S. Boat.. can't 
remember) prior to the Isabel hit... they really helped me out a lot and now 
I have a potential "baby" hurricane headed our way with no idea where they 
are.... I'll try to dredge them out...

I did reset the lines on Sunday (looser, but more centered in the slip, high 
up on the pilings and more of them); removed the boom; removed any and all 
extraneous objects including the motor... I opted to leave the Genoa up but 
tied it up good with the sheets... if the hurricane increases before it gets 
here, I'll remove the Genoa altogether and consider lowering the mast as 
well although I'm wondering if it isn't better off where it is given how 
over-engineered it is...  For Isabel I pulled the boat entirely out of the 
water and secured her onto the trailer... no damage other than flooding into 
the lazarette and thus into the cabin... quite a mess, but only elbow grease 
needed to remedy.  Actually most of the boats did just fine in Isabel where 
I had a slip as it is a hurricane hole and very well protected from wind and 
surge.  I'm much more exposed now.

So sorry for your damage, Ben... I imagine right now you have a lot more to 
worry about than getting her back to sailing condition.  Best of luck 
getting back to normal.

Saroj

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Elvis


>
> I had four lines securing the boat:  bow line, stern line, forward spring, 
> and
> aft spring.  When I was last there, they were way too tight to handle the 
> storm
> surge.  It was pretty thick.  1/2 inch or maybe 5/8.
>
> Three of the four failed.  The boat rode up on the aft spring line (or is 
> it the
> forward?  I forget if it's the direction from the boat to the dock, or the
> direction from the dock to the boat.  It was the one that was tied to the 
> bow.
> You can still see it on one or two of the pictures.
>
> In one of the pictures, you can see how the line bent the tooth from the 
> smaller
> chock in front of the pulpit, and then bent the pulpit itself.  Even this 
> line
> was frayed, but it held.  It was so tight on the cleat that I had to cut 
> it away.
>
> During the storm, the boat swung around on this line, and I'm sure with 
> the
> surge, it was pretty much vertical.  I suspect that the too short line may 
> have
> rolled the boat sideways, contributing to the amount of water she took.
>
> The storm opened the laz, the pop top, and one of the forward hatches. 
> The other
> hatch is one that we broke in the spring, and was secured by that age-old 
> tool:
> duct tape.
>
> Good times.
>