Irene... stay the hell away!

I pulled mine yesterday...Got a proactive email from my insurance company and my marina recommending that I get it out of the water. Have to go deal with the Canvas before the weekend.
 
Gunn said:
Yes, pull the boat! Hopefully mine will be out of the water by the end of today; if weather is bad I'll get it out Friday evening. But I just don't feel comfortable letting it ride this one out. I keep it on a lift now, but Irene looks to be comin more westward now and we've fallen into the "Extreme" category on the map. Plus, that's what I have a trailer for... But I'd pull it even if I had to have the marina do it, at this point.

Tom
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Tom,

Thanks for the suggestion but my die is cast. My marina is keeping watch all night and adjusting lines and suggested that I am better off in the water. Oh well, we'll see. Forecast for the upper bay is not as bad as originally expected so I'm thinking we will be ok.

I took down the canvas and covered the helm with plastic. Strapped down the dingy and anything else that would blow around. Now we wait.

Good luck to all!!

Remember, your safety is more important than the boat.

Jack
 
Ahhh, I feel much better now...got the boat home today on the trailer. Always a chore to do it (I guess twice a year isn't enough practice), but it was worth it. One less thing to worry about this weekend!

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Tom
 
We took it out of the water today.
About 30 % of the boats at the marina did the same.
was the cautious move. hope the parking lot doesnt flood. thats the only other concern.....
 
My marina had a list of 60 boats to pull today and they said they probably wouldnt hit that number, we took the canvas down, put the mooring cover on deflated the dink tucked everything in the cockpit , added lines and fenders, disconnected shore power and said our prayers.
 
When I pulled our boat yesterday, the marina owner said we were the 47th boat at the ramp today..and that was at 3pm.

Raining here now, here she comes!
 
Docked in a Queens canal, down with the enclosure, on with the mooring cover, everything locked in the cabin, gave slack to the lines and added fenders, all that's left to do is cross the fingers.
 
frozen with salt said:
My marina had a list of 60 boats to pull today and they said they probably wouldnt hit that number, we took the canvas down, put the mooring cover on deflated the dink tucked everything in the cockpit , added lines and fenders, disconnected shore power and said our prayers.
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disconnected shore power?

May I ask why?

Are you were about the power box getting submerged? Wouldn't the GFI take care of that?

I would have opted for a few feet (as much as I could get!) of extra slack. . . .. . and tested the GFI. But then again. . .if water gets high enough to submerge where my outlet is located. . .nobody gonna really care about the possibility of an electrical fire.

Afterall. . .If something bad is going to happen, I would want the bilge pumps to have all possible juice.
 
What GFI? Shore power should not be GFI protected. That would be like the Main breaker to your panel on the side of your house having GFI protection. Then, everytime any outlet in your house had an issue you would lose power to your whole house.
 
Irene beat the crap out of us here. But just north of us, it is really bad. Do what ever you can to secure your boats, its causing tons of coastal flooding just up the road from us. Good luck to all of you
 
comsnark said:
disconnected shore power?

May I ask why?

Are you were about the power box getting submerged? Wouldn't the GFI take care of that?

I would have opted for a few feet (as much as I could get!) of extra slack. . . .. . and tested the GFI. But then again. . .if water gets high enough to submerge where my outlet is located. . .nobody gonna really care about the possibility of an electrical fire.

Afterall. . .If something bad is going to happen, I would want the bilge pumps to have all possible juice.
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The expert speaks... There is no GFI on a shore power hook up. And who wants to rip the power tower off the dock with the boat moving around?

The power towers on my private dock went under water several times and worked fine after replacing the breakers. On my private dock, as well as the marina I am in, the dock power was shut off right before a storm. It's called preparation.

I'm about ready to lose my power and Internet connection... bad weekend to be on the southern Chesapeake Bay.... so you can blather all you want and I can't respond. Have fun.

PS. This is all George Bush's fault.
 
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Wow....take out or leave in???? sounds like... dammed if you do and dammed if you don't......good strength to all of you.....good luck to all...hope everyone weathers with zero or only minimal loss....
 
So far, so good. Been to the boat twice although the storm surge at high tide isn't for another 5 hours.

In case anyone is interested, the helm cover came off a 480DB.

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Mines high and dry. I got lucky and was able to get her dry stacked inside 8ft. up. Now all I need to worry about is the building where it's stacked not being washed out to sea. The folks at Key Harbor Marina really saved my butt big time. I was out of town and could not get back in time to secure the boat. I sent them the boat keys FEDEX overnight and they stacked it high and dry. I'm really concerned about the boats that are blocked, once the gravel parking lot gets saturated I don't think you would need a lot of wind to blow them over.
 
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