[Rhodes22-list] Robert...snow

[elle]

Hi, Robert, 

Glad to hear you're out from under with no damage that
can't be repaired.I had a bunch of stuff come down & a
dead tree that will make a nice home for some
critter....

WM fared well...altho' at low tide this AM  the deck
was  6' below the surface of the dock...that sucking
sound is the wind blowing all the water out of the
creeks. 

Tying lines these few days has been a challenge. The
problem during these extreme days is that the wind is
from the N (broadside) blowing WM into the dock. I
have to keep the outboard lines loose enough to allow
it to fall w/the extreme lows...but then at high tide
they are way too loose (note the lotsa fenders on the
boat & bumpers on the dock). If I tighten the stbd
lines & loosen the port lines, that would keep her off
the dock but then I wouldn't be able to get off the
boat after adjusting them.....;^)

I had rigged a line from the bow cleat to the pulley
on the outboatd piling, then back to a forward dock
piling  which allowed me to loosen it & let the boat
drift to the dock to board...but it turned the boat
diagonally in the slip causing the port stern to bump.
I should do this again but tie the line to the stbd
midship cleat.

However, I now have a cinder block on that pulley on
the forward outboard piling secured to the stbd
midship cleat ...it normally does a good job holding
her off...but not in these extreme conditions we've
had.(altho' it did pull her off the dock rather
quickly in the lulls....

I'm sending some pix.....Note on the bulkhead (#1,
taken at normal low tide) the line that indicates a
normal high tide. This AM at low tide the water was @
8' away from the bulkhead.

You can see on the pilings the indicator of a normal
high tide. The second picture was taken a bit over an
hour after high tide.

WM certainly is a leetle boat in a great big slip.... 


elle

--- Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:

> elle, 
> 
> Glad to hear that you have no major damage.  You
> must have been very worried about WM.  Hope there is
> not
> a scratch on her.
> 
> Sorry to be so late in responding.  Just got the
> cable back,
> and with it, my Inet access.
> 
> Lost a major section of our roof shingles - no other
> damage 
> worth talking about.  Snow was gone by Monday night
> - rain 
> melted it.  Winds here topped 60 mph - a 25-year
> storm.
> according to some who purport to know.  
> 
> We are still seeing gusts up to 40, and the rain
> continues.  
> The stream down in the ravine near the house is
> barreling 
> along.  Rivers are full or over their banks and
> still 
> rising.  A woman and her grandchile were swept into
> a river
> and drowned when they tried to wade across it.
> 
> Elsewhere, Saco (near Bush compound) lost
> ocean-front 
> houses due to combination of high tide and storm
> surge.  
> Winds up to 81 mph were recorded in Cape Elizabeth. 
> Wind 
> hit 130 or so mph on top of Mt. Washington.
> 
> I have one foot nailed to the floor waiting for the
> roofer
> to get here.  After that, I'll make a tour of the
> local
> neighborhood to check on neighbors who may need
> help.
> 
> Thanks for asking,
> /robert
>
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> elle wrote:
> > 
> > Well, Robert,
> > 
> > What does your world look like this AM? Has this
> storm
> > morphed into a true blizzard?
> > 
> > It's still blowing hard here...and I'm really
> > protected ....had to go to retie lines at
> 7AM..(dead
> > low tide)...the wind just blows the water out of
> the
> > Bay & sucks it out of the creeks & we get these
> > extreme lows ....WM is just rocking & rollin out
> > there...
> > 
> > How's the weather around the rest of the Bay?
> > 
> > elle
> > 
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> > 
> >  1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "Water Music"   (Lady
> in Red)
> > 
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> Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
> Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "Water Music"   (Lady in Red)

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