[Rhodes22-list] Lotsa rain & wind

[Mary Lou Troy]

Evidently not much. Had a high low tide this morning but the winds 
picking up must have evened things out. I'm up in upstate NY for the 
weekend so can't eyeball it but you can see the tide a Tolchester 
just north of Rock Hall in this graph:
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8573364+Tolchester+Beach,+MD

Mary Lou


At 01:32 PM 11/12/2009, you wrote:
>This storm is making itself known down here on the lower 
>Potomac....winds are increasing...watching the water come into the 
>creek as it should be going out right now causes me some 
>concern.....Mary Lou...is much water being pushed up your way??
>High tide here was @ 4 hrs ago..and the tide is now @ 12" higher 
>than it was then.....and the water is just rolling in 
>...whitecaps.....Luckily my R22 is floating nicely....altho' I had 
>to step up about 18" to board, when usually I have to step down 
>about the same amount.
>The biggest issue I'm having  is the leaves in the scuppers. When 
>the leaves are not all off the trees , that cockpit is a leaf 
>magnet. In the last intense rainstorm, the floor scupper was blocked 
>overnight (matter was down inside it...I had a devil of a time 
>clearing the blockage....) & I had @ 6" of water in the cockpit. II 
>have a partial cover but of course have no full cockpit 
>cover...covering the entire cockpit is a bit more complicated as I 
>have the pedestal and wheel. So I'll go down just before dark again 
>tonite & clear what I can & then just deal with it in the AM. I have 
>no fear of my lovely boat doing anything but floating even if the 
>cockpit is bathing ready. Thank you SS.
>elle
>
>Beer is good....people are crazy
>
>1992 Rhodes 22    Recycled '06"Watermusic"  {Lady in Red}
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