[Rhodes22-list] Herb: Hurricane Holes

[Hank]

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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