Hi, Norm and Jan, I didn’t realize you were up here in the “north” country! On your way down, will you be stopping at OB? In terms of a Hurricane Hole, we’ve had several cruisers duck into OB and drop several hooks in West Harbor which is a great hurricane hole. From where you normally anchor, you’d head West inside the harbor past Center Island (the Oyster Bay Marine Center and fuel dock would be on your left) you’d make a right into West Harbor. Actually, last year with Irene, I went out to check on the boat the day after the storm and found Steve and Linda Dashew anchored in there onboard their newest creation, Wind Horse, a 65’ steel world cruiser!
Given their level of expertise and knowledge, if they like West Harbor as a hurricane hole then that’s good enough for me. I’m heading out today to strip the sails, dodger, bimini, etc., and stuff all below. My mooring (500#) is sufficiently buried into the bottom mud and Captiva should comfortably ride out whatever shows up as a result of Sandy. Last year, the yard dropped a bunch of moorings where you normally drop your hook and moved the boats in their slips out to those moorings. Out of the zillion boats moored in the harbor, they only had one break loose. That one sailed itself through the mooring field without hitting any other boat (amazing) and ended up on the beach with minimal damage. Good luck to all those in the path of Sandy! Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V Jan and I are just sitting in our RV in a boatyard in Gloucester visiting our Yankee friends. Expect to leave Monday as Sandy arrives. If anyone reads Ocean Navigator I have an article in the Sept issue and in the Nov/Dec issue so I have been not completely lazy! Glad to know that I am still connected to my List family. Smooth sailing. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL 30 23.8N 081 25.7W _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -- Ed Kelly sailing vessel ANGEL LOUISE - Catalac 12m Skype to AttyEdKelly or Skype-in phone: 202-657-6357 [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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