Tradewinds
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Here's hoping. The mast maybe was enough to one side and is still ok. Finger's crossed for you.
First hurricane possible for the Caribbean
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Sea Change
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We might be able to pick up a secondhand mast...
Hermit
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As the owner of a similar vintage Moody, I think one thing going for you is the massive robustness of the hull layup. I sometimes think they were designed for ice-breaking!
KevinV
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Oh bugger, I've just seen in that aerial footage that a friend's boat is sunk. She's a liveaboard, that was her home 
Sea Change
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Sorry to hear that. Hopefully she's ok and was sheltering ashore.Oh bugger, I've just seen in that aerial footage that a friend's boat is sunk. She's a liveaboard, that was her home
Stingo
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Who is that? Not Suzie Stanhope on Spirited Lady? If so, according to fakepoo, she and her dogs and cats were ashore and are fine.Oh bugger, I've just seen in that aerial footage that a friend's boat is sunk. She's a liveaboard, that was her home
Sea Change
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I believe she has two boats, and one of them is ok?
KevinV
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Yes it is, and that's what I heard too - thank you
Stingo
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Yep, heard that Spirited Lady went down.
KevinV
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Stargazer was having work done - not sure what state it's in. The loss of Spirited Lady will be a body blow for her any which way.
franksingleton
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Clearly horrific by any standards. NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will be cold comfort (not the most appropriate term) to those affected. The old rhyme says, “June too soon, July, stand by, …..” To have a hurricane so soon is not a common event. For it to be a major hurricane must be virtually unknown.
Another effect of our warming climate.
Another effect of our warming climate.
Sea Change
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This is the earliest that a cat 5 hurricane has ever formed, by a full two weeks. Completely unprecedented.
Rum_Pirate
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Straps are on but not yet connected and tightened. Sent you pics by message.
geem
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Unfortunately second hand masts will be in very short supply. Everybody will be after one. You may be able to build a new mast from two or three broken masts. My friend managed to get a large mast off a catamaran and cut out the broken section. He spliced it back together. A 50ft cat mast then ended up on his 38ft monohull.We might be able to pick up a secondhand mast...
There is only one mast builder in the islands. That is in St Martin. There will be a queue 2 years long for a new mast.
Many people motor up to Florida for repairs but you are into a whole new level of expense. Labour costs there are extortionate.
I am sure you can build a mast from what is there. You are a resourceful chap
KevinV
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Spirited Lady well and truly sunk 
geem
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Susie left both her boats in the mangroves. The other smaller boat survived. Susie and James stayed ashore. It might have been a different story if they hadnt
Sea Change
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I guess that might depend on what happens to the written off masts. We have friends with a 40ft cat in the same yard who might get a new rig on their insurance, I could put in a shout for the old one.Unfortunately second hand masts will be in very short supply. Everybody will be after one. You may be able to build a new mast from two or three broken masts. My friend managed to get a large mast off a catamaran and cut out the broken section. He spliced it back together. A 50ft cat mast then ended up on his 38ft monohull.
There is only one mast builder in the islands. That is in St Martin. There will be a queue 2 years long for a new mast.
Many people motor up to Florida for repairs but you are into a whole new level of expense. Labour costs there are extortionate.
I am sure you can build a mast from what is there. You are a resourceful chap
geem
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In the BVIs, after the hurricane, there was a massive pile of broken masts. You should be able to acquire what you need. Any insured boat won't want a bent mast. They should come free
Sea Change
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That's what I'm hoping. We were looking for a new boom anyway, it was on the upgrade list
john_morris_uk
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We have friends of friends whose boat was in the mangrove in Carriacou. It’s somewhere in this lot and they believe is a right off.
