Re: Hanna, hurricanes, pack ice and tartanplee for sale
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Glad to see you're weathering the storm
?My first boat on Cape Cod rode out hurricane Bob on her mooring very well ... I just wish I had put out more anchor rode but I did set a couple of extra hooks and about 8 extra? feet of rode which seemed to do the trick but it was dicey for a while... It was so sad to see some of her neighbors lose their battles due to short rodes when the tidal surge came in and it started to blow - we got max winds of 90-100 mph
Bizarrely the next December was one of the coldest on record for around here and upon returning from a trip to Ca in Dec. there was Windsong sitting in pack ice and slush which proceeded to drift off into Nantucket sound a few days later... I tried in vain to get to her..
The rest of the story involves a 40 foot cutter and a case of Stoli but aside from the 300lb mushroom mooring which
the Coastguard had to cut no real harm was done other than to my ego..
The cockpit recore is something I may have to attempt at some point,? for
now I'm thinking of making a teak grate which will spread out the load
as well as look nice.
About tartanplees boat for sale.... what a tremendous opportunity...?? I'm sure a lot of group members thought about the benefits of having two boats after looking at the pictures!
I hope she goes to a good home.. I have noticed how few power boats are around this year and hopefully a benefit of this recession and high gas prices will be? a renewed interest in great old boats like ours
I'm making some progress on Lola.
I'm finally caught up with my second job (!) after returning to work a month ago having been out of commission all summer
?The cabin has got paint and I'm finished mostly with the woodwork inside. I'm waiting for some decent weather to paint deck and topsides. Then I have to rewire, put all the hardware back and....
R. Shearley
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