Randy, I've looked closely at the photos of at least two of the boats that broke loose in Narragansett Bay and it appears they had adequate chafe protection on the lines, but the rope appeared to be old and well weathered 3 strand. One of the boats was a heavy Shannon ketch that in my opinion, should have had a much more robust mooring pendant. The owner also left their bow anchor in place on the boat and the boat had a bob-stay, which in many cases would be a chafe point on the mooring pendant if the boat was swinging back and forth in waves and wind.
We're located about 30 miles to the East of Newport on Buzzards Bay and had much less wind and storm surge than originally forecast. A good number of boats were hauled in advance of the storm and the vast majority of our friends sought out hurricane holes and protected anchorage if their regular mooring or dockage was unsuitable. In Padanarm MA, both the commercial boatyards and the New Bedford YC mandated that boats could not remain in slips during the storm. Both Rob Ball's 35MkIII and our Landfall 35 rode out the storm on moorings with no issues. Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 Landfall 35 Padanaram, MA -----Original Message----- From: Randal Stafford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 12:10 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Randal Stafford <randal.staff...@icloud.com> Subject: Stus-List Anyone Affected By Henri? Any listers in Henri’s path? I saw a picture in the New York Times this morning of a couple large keelboats ashore on Conanicut Island (Jamestown, RI). This fall I’m crewing the delivery of an Astrea 42 from Newport to Tortola, via Bermuda, as part of an offshore passage-making class from New England Sailing Center located in Jamestown. This morning a NESC employee emailed me that their fleet survived just fine due to double-bridling the boats to their moorings (and one bridle had snapped, so it was good that it was doubled). She said all the boats ashore had bridle failures, except one that had a mooring ball screw failure and dragged its ball ashore. I hope y’all in New England are getting through Henri with no damage. Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30 MK I #79 Ken Caryl, CO Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
