canaries damage

[Gallant Spirit]

Hi
Pretty bad in the Canaries at the minute, we have a lot of damaged pontoons etc in Gran Tarajal in Fuertaventura with worse to come from tommorow night, how are the other island marinas doing ?

 

[capnsensible]

Hi
Pretty bad in the Canaries at the minute, we have a lot of damaged pontoons etc in Gran Tarajal in Fuertaventura with worse to come from tommorow night, how are the other island marinas doing ?

Rubicon is fine. Lots of flights diverted though. As you say, more to come..........

 

[Gallant Spirit]

Yup it is chaos , my wife and daughter are at the boat by themselves as `I am at sea , our pontoon is broken and they need to move but she is not confident enough, do you know any skippers in Forta ?

 

[capnsensible]

Yup it is chaos , my wife and daughter are at the boat by themselves as `I am at sea , our pontoon is broken and they need to move but she is not confident enough, do you know any skippers in Forta ?

If the Greek flagged yacht Adriano is back there, the couple on board are great and will help. I'm gonna pop in late next week but that's a bit late. Good luck!

 

[Gallant Spirit]

Thanks , she has it well secured , I am sending them to a hotel this afternoon for a couple of days hopefully the dodgy pontoons don,t give way much more, insurance companies will be busy this month I think
We had a lot of swell in Rubicon last year, but at least the fingers are nearer the right size lol, may be back there next month

 

[capnsensible]

Thanks , she has it well secured , I am sending them to a hotel this afternoon for a couple of days hopefully the dodgy pontoons don,t give way much more, insurance companies will be busy this month I think
We had a lot of swell in Rubicon last year, but at least the fingers are nearer the right size lol, may be back there next month

Looks like a good move, it's gonna honk again tomorrow, still lots of south in it so swell may cause more snags.

See you here if you do nip back for a visit!

 

[Gallant Spirit]

very good decision to get them off 2 commercial barge cranes sunk, tugboat blown on to slipway and major emergency declared in Gran Tarajal all big south pontoons pretty much broken
and we have the major surge at 3 am tommorow

 

[Gallant Spirit]

https://twitter.com/PoliciaTuineje/status/968826079568973824
the tug took a severe beating
and 2 x crane barges sunk



all boats tied up as best as can be done and we wait what daylight brings

 

[capnsensible]

That's a pasting. Rubicon got a bit of surge but no damage. Looks like it's all over now though.

Going to south Gran Canaria leaving here Monday, will nip into Gran Tarajal on way back, probably Thursday......if we can!

 

[Hoolie]

Crikey, that looks chaotic. I hope no-one has been injured

 

[Gallant Spirit]

the port is closed I think as another tug is sinking, not sure when they will come down from emergency state, oil spill potential etc......... driving me nuts I cant get off my ship till the 21st March no one hurt though they got all the crews off, but a huge amount of broken pontoons , they are worried about the 1st row and the south ones are pretty much all crocked

 

[Gallant Spirit]

Harbour is fully closed min 3 days , oil booms closing of harbour and marina as fuel spill, best to avoid for at lease a week or two while they sort the mess and wrecks out