I just checked my boat again, in ocean Springs , MS harbor. As Dennis said, it's in a spider web. Had to wade in 4 ft of water to adjust lines. It's in it's slip . Feeder bands are becoming more frequent.
Bill Striegel "Panacea" 1982' C& C 34 k/cb Sent from my iPad On Aug 28, 2012, at 10:25 AM, "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> wrote: > Around here about 50-60% of people do NOTHING L > Keeps me and everyone else that stays on their boats busy. > > Joe Della Barba > > From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On > Behalf Of elev...@grayinsco.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:45 AM > To: Dennis C. > Cc: cnc > Subject: Re: Stus-List Isaac..prepping for storm and surge > > Dennis: > > Greetings from the South shore of of Lake Pontchartrain. On Sunday, I vacated > my 30' slip on the west side of the harbor for a 50' or more slip on the east > side. Multiple spider lines all around. There are no boats close to me to > break loose and be blown down on the boat. When I did my prep, it totally > amazed me at the number of boats that were not being attended to. Makes me > wonder why people spent the amount of money and effort to re-populate the > harbor with boats after Katrina. I guess it is obvious when so many boats are > never sailed. > > Good luck, > > Ed > Dream Girl 30-1 #19 > New Orleans > > -----cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com wrote: ----- > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > From: "Dennis C." > Sent by: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com > Date: 08/28/2012 07:55AM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Isaac..prepping for storm and surge > > Joe, > > Ditto. I swap ends also. Touche's normal dock lines use the eyes on the > boat's cleats. Touche's storm lines, however, are rigged with the eyes on > the pilings and are cleated on the boat with figure eights to allow for > adjusting. > > Crazy as it seems, there are people that cruise the bayou in dinghies > adjusting people's dock lines during the storm. Have to use dinghies because > the marinas will be flooded. > > Boats that are moored on bulkheads side to put lines across the bayou to > trees. At the latest moment, one of the dinghy cruisers will tighten the > lines to pull the boat away from the bulkhead. This, of course, makes the > bayou impassable. But by that time, every boat should be tucked away. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > From: "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:11 AM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Isaac..prepping for storm and surge > > During Isabel some idiots left lines tied to cleats bolted to the dock > planks. Of course the surge pulled the planks right off the dock L > I – having learned from Hurricane David the hard way – didn’t use my normal > dock lines with spliced loops. For Isabel I was able to let the lines in and > out without climbing off the boat and risking tripping or breaking an ankle > on the pulled up planks mentioned earlier. > > Best of Luck – I’ll throw some rum in the bay to placate King Neptune. > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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