And just when my boat insurance premiums were starting to go down ... The boat slaughter is going to be in places like the Keys, Biscayne Bay and West Palm Beach, where lots of boats are hanging on moorings or even just anchors. There just aren’t that many places to hide. The few hurricane holes are so crowded that one loose boat can play havoc.
Other places, like Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and North Miami, most boats are kept at private docks behind homes. Those offer pretty good to excellent protection. Where I am, over on the west coast, there are many free anchorages where boats are just hanging on anchors. Even if we just get the edge of Irma, as predicted, the shorelines will be cluttered with sailboats, many of them junkers that near-homeless people were living on. Luckily, my marina in Gulfport, Fl., is a hurricane hole. Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Tierra Verde, Fl. (In the cone of danger, just barely.) From: Joel Aronson via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 11:10 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Joel Aronson Subject: Re: Stus-List Irma's Impact on Tortola yachtsalvage.com will have a lot of new listings in the coming months. Bad time to charter in the Caribbean. I read that the photo was The Moorings fleet in the BVIs. On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Time to go shopping for a slightly-used cat… :^( — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI On Sep 7, 2017, at 9:51 AM, Randal Stafford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: This is a sad picture: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/07/11/43FCB37F00000578-4861184-Boats_piled_up_as_the_eye_of_Hurricane_Irma_passed_over_Tortola_-a-4_1504778890915.jpg Sadly, Randy _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated! -- Joel 301 541 8551 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated! --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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