So we got a call from the marina yesterday afternoon reporting that they had had to go out and resecure our boat, and that we’d lost a few items, our fenders, our anchor had gone overboard… They were able to retrieve our anchor (since it was on the windlass and attached to 200′ of chain, don’t know if it just ended up on the dock or what had gone awry there), and they tied the boat down more securely.
The good news is, although we sustained some damage (which I have yet to see but Brian reported isn’t too bad) to the bow, most of our damage seems to have been cosmetic. We do in fact still have our fenders, which were on the Starboard side only, and miraculously, it appears that the Portabote seats also remained on board! Despite having tied them down when we left on Monday, I wasn’t confident that my quick tie down job would have been sufficient to have kept them on the boat. Also in the good news category, the solar panels and wind generator are all still upright, intact and seem to have survived this toss about just fine.
Brian says that the inside is totally tossed about, but that’s to be expected. So clean up is on my agenda today, which it kind of was anyway. I think we’ll be in a push to try to make it out of here for tomorrow, but I think that Friday at noon is absolutely doable! Just have to keep an eye on the weather window.
Off to the boat for me now that Brian’s reported there’s nothing he needs me to bring or pick up on my way. More updates later after a full on visual and assessment.
Lucky
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November 27th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Wow, what an emotional rollercoaster the past couple days were.
I wanted to cry on Tuesday when I saw the boat there getting thrashed, and possibly all of our efforts being destroyed and the dreams of our trip evaporating.
Now, we’re stronger for it in some ways. We can be reasonably confident that the solar panels and wind generator are mounted strongly, and they shouldn’t be something we’ll have to worry about later. Our standing rigging is darn solid, too.
Once again, this sort of thing validates what I feel is something of a mantra in sailing/boating. The structure of a good boat is almost never a limiting factor - it’s purely the will and stamina of the crew.
The boat is a friggen tank, and being inside is a safe place to be. Not always comfortable, but safe. There’s times where you have to sacrifice comfort for safety. Sometimes you have to ride out a bad storm, something that could be very uncomfortable, to be safe.