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Thanks Ewan, et al.
Matthew thankfully missed Pete and Jill on Regina Oceani as they sat in Curacao. I know they HAD to be thinking, “Hey! This is out of the zone!!” Glad it passed them by.It looks like Revery is going to take a direct Cat 4 hit sometime Friday morning/noon. We happened to be down there this weekend and were able to ensure our hurricane prep was adequate. We’ll see if it is, I guess. We’re fortunate to have her in a nice hurricane hole marina, so we’re fairly confident she’ll ride it out.
Regardless, it’s just “stuff” and we have insurance. We’re much more concerned about the lives in Matthew’s path. Here’s hoping everyone hunkers down and comes through safe and sound!
To all the other listers in the same boat as us, good luck!!
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That’s great news, Paul! Glad Sygnus is safe. James, good luck to Windward Star…hopefully it won’t be TOO bad up there.
Revery rode it out like a champ in Cape Canaveral. No damage from what we can tell from the video our dockmate took. A few liveaboards on our dock stayed put (crazies) and kept everyone updated. It was kind of cool watching her bobbing happily in her slip. Lots of shredded biminis around the marina and a few boats broke cleats from the docks but from what we hear, no boats were lost. I’d say that’s pretty good…evidently we were getting gusts north of 85 mph. Thankfully Matthew seemed to not like land and kept a distance off shore.
Hope everyone else is safe and sound!
Evan
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I rode it out on board in Green Cove Springs on a mooring. Would have preferred hanging on my own anchor but, long story short, a number of circumstances (including a bit of complacency and/or wishful thinking on my part) left me on the mooring.
When I got to the boat Thu evening there were 21-22 boats in my mooring field. When I left yesterday there were 8 and I was one of the 8. I made it through partly by preparation but luck definitely played a part. I watched the boat next to me, similar size, drag his mooring across the harbor until he fetched up against the pier. I confirmed at least three boats dragged the moorings (probably at least 1-2 more) but two were large cats with a lot of windage. Most of the other boats broke free when their pendants chafed through.
Quick survey, the great majority of the boats that broke free had NO preparation. Moored with single lines, sails still up, even bimini tops and in one case a very large awning (that miraculously stayed on the boat albeit in tatters and that boat made it). I only noticed one other boat >40′ that made it through on the mooring. The smaller boats definitely fared better.
It was pretty hairy but if I hadn’t been on board I almost certainly would have ended up with severe damage. The very last boat that broke free was the only boat that hit mine. He landed on my bowsprit broadside and his shrouds tangled in my 65 lb Mantus. I was on close watch, saw him coming and was at the bow when he hit. No way on earth I could have fended him off but I was able to quickly unhook his shroud and he spun off, bounced once on my port side (where he took a gouge out of the toe rail exactly where the PO had smashed it and I had just patched it with a new piece of teak) and drifted free.
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Congratulations, and kudos on a good anchor plan. I am our clubs hurricane prep officer, otherwise known as the nagger in chief. Having a good plan and the equipment on hand is the key to success. You might lose the boat anyway, but at least not through fault of your own. Any details on conditions encountered and your extreme anchoring set up might be useful!!
David
Blue Moon
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I couldn’t comment on the conditions from personal experience, we ran away, but Matthew was a cat 2’when it passed Charleston. I’ve heard of 70+ mph winds.
We were anchored with about 1 mile fetch to the North, 150 yards to the West and East and a few hundred yards to the South. I had a 33kg Rocna on 170′ of 3/8″ G4 chain to the north and a 30 kg Bruce on 140′ of 3/8″ G3 chain to the south. I attached the Bruce chain to the Rocna chain about 30′ down from the bow. Above the Tee I attached (2) 5/8″-3 strand bridles, one 5′ shorter than the other. The bridles were constructed by putting an eye splice on each end and a chain hook in the middle to distribute the load to the cleats on either side of the bow. -
Sounds like you were ready! Nice you had a pretty sheltered area in which to anchor, though it sounds like you needed the anchors North and South due to limited swing room. Iâm assuming you must have had a trustworthy chain hook to assure it would not slip off the chain. Maybe a Mantus with the locking tab? Donât know what you had for chaffe gear at the chocks, but good thing you had two bridles since one failed.
Our anchoring situation is different from yours. We anchor in a much less protected area, so plenty of scope, and no need for anchors North and South. Instead, I use a tandem anchoring arrangement on one rode with a 25 kg Rocna backed up by a 45 lb CQR. Our bridle was specially made by a rigging shop of some sort of rope that is supposed to be impervious to chaffe. But donât ask me what material because despite my best efforts I canât find it again. I think a double braid like Sta-set might be better than 3 strand for chaffe protection at the bridle. Less stretch, so less heat build up. Another feature I employ is plenty of nylon in the system for stretch. I use about 125 ft G4 3/8â and 100 ft nylon, 5/8â doubled up. Too many boats lost with all chain rodes due to jerking the cleats off the bow or the anchor out of the bottom. I havenât had to employ my system thankfully, but used a similar system in the same location with my Caliber 33 in 80 knot winds and it held.
David
Blue Moon
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We are very interested in Green Cove, having stored our boat there for many years. Can you tell us what damage, if any, happened to the boats in the storage yards? So many of them belong to our friends. Robert and Diane Richmond, s/v Silver Girl
Hi Robert,
Good to see you here. Hope all is well.
Saw no problems in the yard at all. I don’t believe any of the boats on the hard were toppled or suffered other than superficial damage from flying debris.
Skip
s/v Maya
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