Hoping you have good news for us tomorrow, Dennis. Hope Touche is just fine when you see her. Andy
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260 On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 5:34 PM Dennis C. <[email protected]> wrote: > As many of you know, Touche' is in Pensacola near the landfall of > Hurricane Sally. Early report from a pier neighbor is Touche' is "okay". > Torn headsail and maybe some canvas damage. Touche's slip is on a Category > 3 rated floating pier. I will head to the boat as soon as I can to > assess any damage. Local authorities may be barring entry to > non-residents, I don't know yet. > > Which brings me to the "vagaries" thing. I drove home from a week in the > Smokies and spent Sunday night on Touche'. I looked at all the models > Monday morning which said Sally was going to Louisiana or Mississippi. I > did some moderate storm preparations and drove home to Louisiana to secure > my house. > > This storm took one of the most surprising turns I've ever seen. Up until > about 24-36 hours prior to landfall, the models were still forecasting a > landfall along the Mississippi coast. Then it slowed down and shifted > dramatically east. > > My lesson from this is if there is the slightest chance of a direct or > near hit, do a FULL storm preparation. Had I done that, I might have had > no or very little damage. > > The tall ship La Nina, a replica of Columbus' ship, was docked in Palafox > Pier Marina in downtown Pensacola. That marina was essentially destroyed. > > There's another storm developing in the Bay of Campeche. Early model runs > point it at Louisiana. Dang. > > More as I hear it. > > -- > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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