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Forum: The Sailor's Confessional

08-09-2013, 15:41

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I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

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Posted By Wrong

Re: I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

No worry, if you said I was Wrong, you'd be right.:D

At best what you've illustrated is that living in a hurricane zone offers people few choices but to be in a marina, and it is a gamble. Some...

Forum: The Sailor's Confessional

08-09-2013, 15:13

Replies: 75

I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Views: 10,668

Posted By Wrong

Re: I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Where my boat survived Rita in 2005, tied bow & stern to trees on both banks. Bow & stern anchors set as well. The debri off her bow backed up against what is believed to be a heavy timber boom,...

Forum: The Sailor's Confessional

08-09-2013, 14:50

Replies: 75

I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Views: 10,668

Posted By Wrong

Re: I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

The photo pretty well sums up why choosing to keep your boat in a marina in the path of a hurricane is not a prudent choice. Not difficult to find uncountable other examples with one's favourite...

Forum: The Sailor's Confessional

08-09-2013, 13:11

Replies: 75

I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Views: 10,668

Posted By Wrong

Re: I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Why marinas are worst choice. From Cyclone Yasi Pictures (https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/cyclone-yasi-pictures/) Also, land masses often act to accellerate wind, not slow it down.

Forum: The Sailor's Confessional

07-09-2013, 10:14

Replies: 75

I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Views: 10,668

Posted By Wrong

Re: I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Looks like it is supposed to turn almost due west by tomorrow. 20 knots w/ gusts to 30 according to N.O.A.A. furricane website.

They can always stall and reform, going sometimes in unexpected...

Forum: The Sailor's Confessional

07-09-2013, 09:51

Replies: 75

I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Views: 10,668

Posted By Wrong

Re: I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

With all due respect, this is why you can't know with certainty staying with your boat, which can be replaced, is a prudent choice. Is putting your life at risk worth the gamble?:flowers:

Forum: The Sailor's Confessional

07-09-2013, 09:27

Replies: 75

I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Views: 10,668

Posted By Wrong

Re: I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

As long as Lorena doesn't do a loopty loop it looks like y'all down Baja way are out of the woods. Projected to turn N.N.W. away from Baja.

Forum: The Sailor's Confessional

07-09-2013, 07:57

Replies: 75

I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Views: 10,668

Posted By Wrong

Re: I Never Sleep Well Before A Storm

Next to actually being caught out in a 'furricane' the worst place for you and your boat to be is in a marina. Other boats, docks and pilings become battering rams. Next worse is at anchor, because...

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