[Rhodes22-list] storm prep thoughts Re: Gas in TN-Brad

[Mary Lou Troy]

We generally leave the boat with a line tied around the jib. We run the line
through the eye in the clew and knot it around the furled sail. We do this
anytime we don't expect to be back to the boat for a day or two.

For Hanna (which was a bust but which we used as a storm drill) we removed
the jib. We also undid the main outhaul so we could wrap the exposed part of
the IMF main around the mast. We secured it with rigging tape. Our thinking
was that this would not only protect the main, it would reduce windage.  I
don't think we'll actually use this idea too much as we'll probably pull the
boat for most hurricanes forecasted to track near us. It seemed to be secure
enough that I might leave the mast up with the boat on the trailer. The
rigging tape left a slightly sticky residue on the mast but nothing on the
sunbrella on the main. I'd be happy to hear others thoughts on this.

Links to the pics attached of the storm prep for Hanna below.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 08:28 AM 9/26/2008, you wrote:



Brad;

I can't get the boat out of the water, but I am in a marina that sits on
the
south shore (shoreline running east/west) of Sandy Hook Bay (about two
miles
east of the Earle Naval Ammunition pier) with a floating dock (thank
goodness) pointing north and my boat berthed head-in to the dock (facing
west) with two bow lines in to the dock and two stern lines out to two
pilings @ 30' out from the dock on both stern quarters.  I ran the two
stern
lines out from the boat through blocks out on the pilings then back to
the
dock.  I park head-in to protect the stern (engine, rudder, etc) from
banging the dock with wind and sea action.  The marina has a fairly
narrow
opening (maybe 30') to the north protected on each side by sea walls on
each
side of that opening but frankly a good northeaster will send seas into
the
marina even though it is in the bay behind the Hook itself.  The
dockmaster
checks my lines and watches pretty closely the conditions (He lives
there). 
Any thoughts? (Or is my description so poor that you have no idea what
I'm
talking about)? 

Don't fly east this weekend unless you wear your seatbelt and have your
barf
bag handy.

Best,

Ben, s/v Susan Kay, Highlands, NJ 




 

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