Only if we can play with a chute... In a message dated 2/10/2010 9:25:02 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Here is another observation, but not so good: Current conditions at nearby PAX river naval air station: "Heavy snow, freezing fog, sustained winds at 30 mph, gusts 40 mph." Sailing anyone? Larry On Feb 10, 2010, at 9:06 AM, Bryan wrote: > Larry, > > Good observations! Just for "fun", we did some quick calculations on > the weight of the snow. Consider that every square foot of liquid > water weighs 5.22 lb per inch depth. Using a roughly 8-10 to 1 ratio > for snow depth to liquid water depth, that gives around 15 lbs per > square foot for the roughly 24 inches of snow we got over the past > weekend. Figure that into the exposed boat surface area, and you've > got a lot of weight sitting on your boat! > > Bryan Armentrout > > "Eos" > 1981 C-27 Tall Rig > #5000 > > --- In [email protected], Lawrence Pinto <pintokr...@...> wrote: > > > > Just an FYI for anyone with their boat in the water anywhere from > > Norfolk to Boston, given all of these middle atlantic snow storms: > > > > My Catalina 27 is located in Solomons Island MD where we had about > 17 > > inches (some say 24 inches) of snow and ice this past weekend along > > with storm force winds. I finally got down this morning to shovel > the > > snow off of and out of the boat. The snow was 4 inches over the > cockpit > > combings. I was surprised to see that the waterline was at least 2 > > inches under water (or should I say under the sheet ice) and it's > > usually 1 inch above. It takes a lot of weight to do that! I also > > shoveled off a friend's 31 ft Tiara (he's in Florida!). His swim > > platform had been down in the water and the water was up to the > cockpit > > floor drains. Two boats at the next dock have sunk: one a 23 foot > > (about) sailboat and one 25 foot Grady White, which rolled over on > its > > side. The yard workers say they have saved about 6 other boats that > > were about to go down but have a bunch of others at risk because > they > > do not have and cannot get authorization to shovel the snow and ice > off > > of them. > > > > ...And the weather service is predicting heavy snow again tonight > and > > tomorrow with gale warnings. > > > > Larry Pinto > > > > > > Hardtack > > Calvert Marina > > Solomon's Island, Maryland > > 27' Catalina (#3401M77H) > > pintokr...@... > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
