Did you fill the ballast. My boat blows around easily when empty.
Watching the weather channel and saw a Hunter like the one next to yours bouncing all over her slip. This storm looks like a bad one. Hopefully you are inland far enough to not get the brunt of it.
Did you fill the ballast. My boat blows around easily when empty.
Watching the weather channel and saw a Hunter like the one next to yours bouncing all over her slip. This storm looks like a bad one. Hopefully you are inland far enough to not get the brunt of it.
--Russ
Good thought about the ballast. My PO did several great mods for which I have been grateful over the years, but he did one thing that bears on this issue. He installed the speed and depth transducers THROUGH the ballast tanks with PVC channels for the wiring and instruments. Turns out they leak slowly despite several efforts on my part to paint them in 5200 sealant. I no longer even use the transducers, but I have not, yet, effected a repair. Consequently, when ballast water is left in the tanks overnight, it slowly discharges into my bilge. So, I always keep the ballast tanks dry when I dock, and that is how they are now. So, yes, that would normally be a no-brainer, but I have this weird issue that makes it problematic. I do plan on getting the transducers taken out and the holes patched this winter, but for now...
Although it might be late......I have plenty of boat / trailer parking here in East Texas for anyone needing /wanting to get out of the path of the storm. Ron.
Herschel wrote:He installed the speed and depth transducers THROUGH the ballast tanks with PVC channels for the wiring and instruments. Turns out they leak slowly despite several efforts on my part to paint them in 5200 sealant. I no longer even use the transducers, but I have not, yet, effected a repair. Consequently, when ballast water is left in the tanks overnight, it slowly discharges into my bilge. So, I always keep the ballast tanks dry when I dock, and that is how they are now.
Oy..
My boat is very top heavy without the ballast. Wind blows it all around.
Well, you did all you can and now just pray this beast stays east.
ris wrote:My neighbors just boarded up my house. I will sleep a lot better tonight knowing my house in Frostproof Fl. Will be ok. We will be staying at Joe Wheeler State Park tonight which is in Alabama on the Tennessee River. Heading down the TennTom next week.
So far good news. Winds topped out in the 40-50 range vs. the 80-90 range forecast Wednesday night. Still waiting for clearer weather to see how boat fared, but am optimistic.
RussMT wrote:Please keep us updated. I hoped you were far enough west to not get the brunt of this beast.
Got up to the boat today. Except for a little leakage around the mast step and the hatch and about a galleon of water in the bilge, no problems at all. All mooring lines held very nicely. Winds only got up to around 50 so I was not expecting much different. Hunter 26 guy in next slip did not put extra tie downs on his roller furled jib, and he lost it; other than that, and one anchored out houseboat that, apparently, was not prepped at all, that washed ashore, our marina seemed to come through pretty well.
In the category of "decisions have consequences", here is that houseboat.
Herschel wrote:
...and about a galleon of water in the bilge,...
That's a fair bit of water!!
You know, ageing is a sad thing. You look at a word you know; it doesn't quite look right, but then it sort of does, and the computer doesn't underline in red, so you say, "What the heck!" and hit submit. Yes, it took a long time to bail that "galleon" of water! Had to "splice the main brace" after that.
I'm amazed at how many people don't secure their furlers. Leave tabs sticking out for wind to catch and rip open the sail. A guy in our marina did that. The jib was ripped and flopping around and I tried to tie it back up after the storm.
You have proven that being prepared saves money and damages. Good work.
Yep lost 1/2 the UV protection on mine a few months ago when we had wind gusting to 70MPH, it only took 15 minutes before I could get there to do the damage.
Lucky my sewing skills (read total lack of) enabled me to put it back together in some sort of decent shape
Still waiting for clearer weather to see how boat fared, but am optimistic.
Had to "splice the main brace" after that. 