HERE COMES IRENE!

[jthatcher]

thanks for that good info.. i just checked the parkway site and found that they are closing southbound lanes as of 8 this evening -  that is 6 minutes from now! ...  looks like maybe we just waited too long   i guess that i should have come down today..  well, maybe the trip idea just was not meant to be..  I see that the governor is losing his patience with folks who are still hanging around the beaches..   sure am glad that i opted for the full coverage rather than just liability like i was considering earlier in the summer    but, i hope that i don't have to see how the insurance game works...  jt

[KPL]

Wish all of you good luck. Another reminder of who's really in control

[CaptRon28]

It might be too late for some of us to do much about it, but I found this storm surge link at the National Hurricane Center -

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/psurgegraphics_at4.shtml?gm

Another good one showing the projected path of the storm -

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/091823.shtml?gm_track#contents

Both are interactive. You can scroll and magnify.

[jthatcher]

hi Ron,   interesting site.. thanks for posting it.      we are at shore point marina.. maybe you will have a better time of it further up the toms river...   do you live in the immediate area?  jt

[peterg]

I guess that the mighty Beagle will have to weather the hurricane at the dock. We got home yesterday to discover that five neighbors up the lagoon had already spider-webbed their boats to pilings on both sides of the lagoon and there was no exit. The option of leaving to get hauled was out. We doubled up on bow, stern, and spring lines, easing them to allow the boat to be eight feet from the dock, and ran three anchor rodes from the boat to the opposite side of the lagoon to keep Beagle from banging on the dock and pilings. Now, my biggest worries are the other boats breaking free and crashing into the Beagle or more than five or six feet of storm surge. Thanks Bob23 for stopping over when we were away and checking out the situation!!

[CaptRon28]

hi Ron,   interesting site.. thanks for posting it.      we are at shore point marina.. maybe you will have a better time of it further up the toms river...   do you live in the immediate area?  jt

We live in Freehold, about 20 miles from Toms River. I think most of us should be OK. With the stength of Irene starting to decrease, I'd be surprised at a storm surge greater than 3 feet making it that far into Barnegat.

[Bob23]

Long Key Marina refused to pull my boat today even though they were done hauling by 10:00 am. Strange. Koinonia has more lines on her now than ever...I'll be down tonight to check on her. Gotta babysit the old girl
PeterG;
  No problem but I was disappointed that no beer was to be found anywhere! I hold no grudges...looking forward to the Beagle and Koinonia coming through unscathed and a victory pizza dinner soon.
   Ron: Thanks for the links...I may sleep a bit better tonight!
Bob23

[Bob23]

   I just now got off the phone with my favorite uncle, Jim, who lives in Wilmington, NC. They experienced little damage with only some minor debris in thier yard. Among a love for a few cold ones from time to time, he loves storms and radical weather...always has. He's been though hurricanes in Florida many times and at age 12 while visiting him, I experienced my first eye in Hurricane Cleo. (might have got the name wrong). It was really cool and eerie.
   While on the phone with him, the sun had begun to come out. His general view of this storm was that the forecasters are overblowing it. That's comforting but the storm hasn't passed us yet. But I do value his opinion. We'll see how Irene enjoys her visit to the Garden State.
Bob23

[Tim Gardner]

Well Gents & Admirals,  I have had the great pleasure of sitting through two days, with one remaining, of  Mold inspection license continuing education required by the Great State of VA.  My beautiful wife, back at SML, took the time to enjoy a fresh breeze  from the east, and ENE which allows us to  reach up and down the lake.

We are in the SW part of VA just SE of Roanoke, so there are no problems, Mon.

She picked up our widow neighbor at her dock and they spent 3 hrs under sail.  She bragged that she reurnted to our dock single handed under sail.


Green with envy.

For those of you that remember Rick ( Ick) from 2008 & 9, say a little prayer for him and all the others on Long Island NY.


TG

[Bob23]

   I do remember Ick and wish he was back here. Do you stay in touch with him?
   Irene has visited NJ, decided she didn't really like it here, and left in a huff. Here in Southern Ocean County, I've seen no damage and only a fraction of the storm surge that was predicted. Of course I'm right across the bay from Barnegat Inlet and we have a small tidal range normally anyway. My boat was weathered the storm thanks to stout workmanship by the Hutchins, many lines by yours truly, and protection from above. Thank you!
   All in all, we were spared no more damage than from a typical nor'easter. Maybe less because nor'easters last about 3 days. I haven't been on Long Beach Island yet to check on my customers homes...I'm sure there is some beach erosion. It is a sand bar, after all.
   I hope all you Compac-ers out there have come out unscathed from this potentially dangerous storm.
Bob23
Before the storm:


After:

Not much difference, huh?

[Shawn]

Hi Bob,

Glad to hear you made it through OK.

Fingers crossed for Serenity. I'm on a finger dock so hopefully the bumpers hold up and I don't need to test out the doubled lines. The weather got too nasty yesterday to drop the mast so that stayed up. I took rudder, boom and everything else off though to cut down on windage.

Shawn

[rdcvsmith]

Let's hope we ALL such have such great before & after pictures!
Thank God it's ONLY tropical storm Irene here in CT.
Don't know if I'll get down to the Coconut T. later today or not. Only small twigs in my yard so far, next door neighbor has 2 trees down in his.

Ray

[jthatcher]

hey bob,  we  were without power for a few hours up here in north east pa.. and the internet just came back up..   good to hear that you weathered the storm well.  I have not heard from anyone at the marina,  so I am hoping that means good news.     we have quite a few trees down in this area and roads closed due to flooding.   we are just sitting tight for now.   thanks for keeping us all updated!  jt

[HideAway]

Irene was really something - if nothing else - huge   I shot this video late Saturday afternoon looking out on Boca Ciega Bay from our sailing club about the time Irene was in North Carolina - - Then today we have had heavy rain this morning then about supper time both are from the trailing edge of Irene over a thousand miles from here - wow

And if that wasn t weird enough our low temp Friday night was 86 - - - the highest low ever recorded for Tampa

The Cape Dory 28 in the video is where one of our club members call home - - No thanks

http://youtu.be/U88TVeUxz68

[redfishnc]

Have CP27 along Wilmington, NC coast about 3 mikes South of Wrightsville Beach (Masonboro Boatyeard). We had some pretty high waters but I believe winds were under 70mph here.  Eye passes about 100 miles east of us.  intracoastal came up about 4-6 ft and the low tide was extremely low the next day.  Word from Oriental and Pamlico Sound was extreme surge along the western side and damage to a number of boats in just the one marina that report came from.  There will certainly be many reports coming in from other areas and marinas.  On my boat lines doubled or tripled and hatches locked securely.  Only water appears to have been wind driven through hatch boards.  All in all I feel very lucky.  Where I live that says it all.