A bit of a blow!

Elessar said:
I spent the night on the boat. I was not in my usual berth as i still hadnt got in after the yarmouth carols trip the weekend before.

At about 0100 i was alerted to a steel boat that had snapped some of its lines and was about to break away. It was on an outer pontoon. Those on board had exchanged phone numbers and were monitoring VHF, but the steel boat was unoccupied.

Four of us mustered. Lifejacketed and long rope in hand we made it to the outer pontoon. It was leaping up and down by some feet, with waves breaking clean over. We hauled the boat in enough for one to leap aboard.

Lines thrown, every action was on all fours with a second man holding the lifejacket. We eventually secured the boat but it was challenging.

I have never experinced anything like it in a marina.

We re fendered a few boats, but some had popped them and were being blown on. There was nothing we could do for the bigger boats, we couldnt push them off to get a fender back in.

If the steel boat had broken its final line i beleive it would have t boned evenstar.

What a night.
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Sounds nasty mark but bet everyone was glad they made a sensible plan and stuck together.

Hearing how the guys at ocean village were getting beaten, it sure was nasty.

It's building now, last half hour of so the wing has picked up just like they said it would. Suspect flooding will be a problem tomorrow!

How many days till summer, every time I get that boating need and start searching yachtworld I look outside and see how carp the weather is...
 
Here we go again!

Last Updated Monday, 30 December at 8:15 am (GMT)
Wind

Mean Speed 28.1 kn (F7)
Highest Gust 36.4 kn (F8)
Direction SSW

Sea Conditions

Tidal Height 4.84 m
Atmospheric Conditions

Air 10.9 °C
Sea 9.1 °C
Barometric Pressure 1008 mb
Visibility 22 nm
 
longjohnsilver said:
Froward Point (R Dart) 54kts gusting to 70 kts, highest I've seen there.
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Hi John,

Hope you are well and all had a good Christmas! I saw the pictures of the Dart the other day posted on Scuttlebutt - quite an eye-opener for a place usually so sheltered and I bet you're thankful your boat is out?

It is pretty blowy down here today and I've been checking the Froward Point station overnight as the wind howled around the house! Good to see they've been up and straightened the camera after the last blow - it appears it had been realigned by the wind!

Cheers,

Robin
 
rbcoomer said:
Hi John,

Hope you are well and all had a good Christmas! I saw the pictures of the Dart the other day posted on Scuttlebutt - quite an eye-opener for a place usually so sheltered and I bet you're thankful your boat is out?

It is pretty blowy down here today and I've been checking the Froward Point station overnight as the wind howled around the house! Good to see they've been up and straightened the camera after the last blow - it appears it had been realigned by the wind!

Cheers,

Robin
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Hello Robin, I was surprised to see higher wind speeds today, certainly wasn't forecast to be worse than last week. In 2 minds as to whether it's better to be in or out of the water , I spent a night on board at the start of the gales and thought that as we were safely in the car park I would get a good nights sleep! Well, bloody boat vibrated all night long, hardly restful. Whereas if we'd been on our usual trot morning we'd have veered around a bit but would have been absolutely secure, 4 heavy lines and chains attached to hugely over specced mooring buoys, with the added benefit of no fenders to pop or anything to rub against. But we wanted to get her copper coated, so out she had to come. Very pleased that the 25 year old hull is almost bone dry; she was epoxied from new which seems to have been a smart move. Always amazes me how big they look once out of the water!

I look forward to seeing you out and about next year in your restored Fletcher. Happy New Year to you and all other forumites.
 
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