Just refresh my memory, Dennis. Was it you who was giving us poor saps in the NE grief about the length of our sailing season last winter? :)
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Looks like TD16 will become a Cat 1 huricane before it makes landfall on > the Florida Panhandle then heads towards the Chesapeake. This is getting > annoying. > > Touche's slip in Mandeville, LA is a fixed pier. It has been submerged > for a couple days now from that system that was around northeastern Florida > last week. Strong easterly winds for days pushes water into Lake > Pontchartrain through The Rigolets. My dock box probably has several > inches of water in it. I keep everything in tubs so unless the water gets > 2 feet or so over the dock, everything is OK. Pain in the butt to go pull > everything out, mop it out and let it dry. I usually set up a folding > chair and drink a beer or two. > > The other issue is the mud on the dock. If one of the boat owners doesn't > get down there while the mud is still wet and hose it off, it's a pain in > the butt to wash the dock boards after the mud dries. > > Anyway, Touche' is still in Pensacola on a floating pier. If I go over to > do storm prep (remove sails and canvas), I may have to stop by Mandeville > and wade through the marina to get storm dock lines out of my dock box. > Always fun with the snakes, fire ants and gators. :( > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up > again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a > small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send > contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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