[Rhodes22-list] Preparing for Isaias

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

How about, get the boat out of the water and tow it as far from the coast as possible?

Roger Pihlaja 
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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> On Aug 3, 2020, at 8:00 PM, Jose Faraldo-Gomez <jose.faraldo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Stephan - and sorry to hear about the Carol Lee. Sounds devastating to lose a boat like that..
> 
> J
> 
>> On Aug 3, 2020, at 6:36 PM, Stephen Staum <snstaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I usually put a couple of bungees on the Genoa to make sure it doesn’t open
>> & get destroyed. My Bimini rests on the stern rail so bungee that as well.
>> Be sure the cabin slider is secured shut. I lost the Carol Lee in a
>> hurricane 6 or 7 years ago. The slider opened & the cabin took on water
>> leading to capsize, turtle & demasting.  I leave the rudder up with extra
>> bungees on the tiller.
>> 
>> Stephen Staum
>> s/v Carol Lee 2
>> Needham, MA
>> 
>>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 6:01 PM Jose Faraldo-Gomez <jose.faraldo at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We’re on the path of Isaias so I’m preparing the boat. Does ‘da list’
>>> recommend:
>>> 
>>> - Dropping rudder in the water (and fix it in place) to minimize winds
>>> pushing on it?
>>> - Releasing mainsail clew and wrap around mast?
>>> - Lifting the boom and fix to mast?
>>> - None of the above? Anything else?
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> Jose
>> 
>> -- 
>> Stephen Staum
>> Pariser Industries, Inc.