What a wind!

[NiceAft]

Yesterday we had winds approaching 50 MPH (80.46 KPH). If you think Mac’s have high freeboards, imagine one out of the water on a trailer. The boat and trailer were blown off of the jack stand the tongue of the trailer was on. The stand was under the trailer where the tongue begins.

I have not yet removed the tarp for spring cleaning, but an inspection so far revealed not damaged . I will be surprised, after removing the tarp, if something isn’t bent, or worse.

P.S. We had snow flurries this mornig Maybe that’s normal for Montana, but not here.

[Jimmyt]

Sorry to hear Nice Aft got her Aft kicked Ray. I hope there was no damage. You don't mention house or tree damage, so that's good. High straight line winds can do a number - doesn't have to be a tornado to do damage.

Glad it wasn't worse!

[Bill at BOATS 4 SAIL]

The weather that NiceAft had on Thursday sounds about what we had here. On Tuesday I was thinking of turning on the AC in my TEMPORARY WORLD HEADQUARTERS. On Thursday, it was almost like a blizzard. Not a lot of snow, but gale force wind gusts.

[Nauti Nell]

Mother in law lives in the Northwoods up by the UP. I've seen it snow in late May up there. Not much but wth. Only 4 months a year without snow.

[Bill at BOATS 4 SAIL]

The good news here, if she lives in the UP of Michigan, she's probably a Green Bay Packer fan, instead of a Detroit Lions fan.

[Highlander]

Ray my boats been in the water over two yrs now & survived at least 5 storms between 80-100km/h over two winters , I have 5 dock lines all with rubber snubbers , 1 bow , two midships , two stern , 5 x 8" dock fenders on dock side & I,ve seen the boat heel 15-20% depending on which way the wind is blowing ballast in ! , no issue,s but I do have a much stronger rig 3 sets of shrouds , two sets of spreaders , masthead rig ,4 forestays , & a backstay
I just had a diver clean my bottom lst wk
J