[Rhodes22-list] Elvis

[benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com]

Hey Herb, 

I didn't know you were right there in Oak Harbor.  This house where I was tied up
is just a mile or so up the canal from there.  I always like to finish a sail by
tying up at the harbor for an oyster poboy at that marina restaruant that is slow
but good (opposed to The Dock which is quicker, but noisy and not at good, in my
opinion).

I know there is a marina where the Rigolets start, but it's smaller, and was even
more in the path of the storm, so I'm gussing it isn't an option.

I bet there's enough dock space at the house to give you a spot to tie up.  There
are only people in the house for a few months during the year, but I know that
you'd be welcome.

The next alternative is Mandeville.  I think there's room, but it's going to be
tough to get there with iffy steering.  I'll be happy to crew for you, or give
you a ride back to your car from one end to the other.  I can dig up the contact
information for Mariner's village, which will be the easiest to steer into of
those in Mandeville.


Ben




On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:08 , Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> sent:

>Wow. I'm surprised your boat is in that good a shape!! My Coronado 35 is in Oak
Harbor. It has a busted window in the aft cabin, most of the rubrail on the
starboard side is gone, and it's got lots of "scrub" marks. Other than that, it's
in pretty good shape. We too, were part of the luck bunch. I'd say about 60% of
the boats that were at Oak Harbor are either sunk or total losses.
>
>We still haven't gotten any word about what they're going to have us do - move
to other marinas, move to the fixed docks, whatever. The fact that they're
returning deposit checks tells me though, that we'll probably have to move soon.
My boat's a project boat, and currently the steering mechanism is off (I was in
the process of replacing the broken portion), so I'm hoping we can stay.
>
>Just in case, do you know any other marinas in the area that have room? My guess
is we'll have 2-4 weeks before we have to do anything. It'll be that long before
they clean out the boats that are in the way of leaving.
>
>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
>
>>>> benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com 9/15/2005 11:06:12 AM >>>
>Yes, these pictures were from the lakefront in Slidell.  You may have seen the
new pictures of I-10, broken into small chunks over the lake.  We are right at
about that sppt.
>
>Watchin CNN after the storm, I saw a quick photo of my previous marina in
Mandeville.  It looks much better.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Herb Parsons
>Date:  9/15/05 8:54
>To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org 
>Subj:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] Elvis
>
>Was looking at your website, and saw that you're on lake Pontchartrain. Was that
where the pictures were taken? If so, what part of the lake are you on?
>
>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
>
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