Sandy's effect on Oriental, NC

[nial]

Anyone have any firsthand experience of Sandy around the Oriental area? I'm curious about any boat damage that may have occurred.

[Captain Bill]

I'm in Whortonville and haven't seen any here or Oriental.

[svfinlandia]

Yes. I was in Whortonsville on my boat in Point Marina and slept through Sandy. We had about a 3 foot storm surge there and some wind, but nothing serious.
Oriental had surge up over Hodges street as usual but I didn't see any damage when I went into town two days later.
You may want to look at www.towndock.net and see what they had to say.

Al, S/V Finlandia

[svfinlandia]

Hi Capt. Bill. What marina are you at in Whortonsville?

Al, S/V Finlandia

[Vasco]

Here look for yourself. Might have to wait for daylight.
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[djmarchand]

I live in Oriental on Pierce Creek. We got water a few inches over the dock- about 4' higher than MSL and winds of 40 kts or so. Just like a bad nor'easter. If your boat had long enough dock lines to deal with the tidal surge, you should be ok.

David

[Captain Bill]

Originally Posted by svfinlandia

Hi Capt. Bill. What marina are you at in Whortonsville?

Al, S/V Finlandia

I'm at the Point until next week when I head south.

[svfinlandia]

Hi Bill -
If you are at Point Marina that's my Nauricat NC36 Motorsailer 3rd in on port Sid near end of dock. Sorry to miss you as I won't be able to gt back down there until first week in December at earliest.

Al, S/V Finlandia

[svfinlandia]

Bill
Ah crap! I just looked up your profile and saw a larger photo of you and feel a bit foolish.
Yes, of course we met and talked when I was down there a couple of weeks ago!
Fair winds and have a great trip south!

Al

[gwanthon]

Bit off topic, but I was looking for help. I have a boat stored in Oriential and need to do a bottom job, new thru hulls etc. before I take her back to Texas. Can someone recommend a facility that would allow me to do the work myself.
Thanks,
Gerald

[witzgall]

Sailcraft will allow you to work on your boat. We have ours on the hard there now.

Sandy was a non-event for us here, just some very localized flooding that occurs on a regular basis, like in front of the Bean/town dock.

Chris