HURRICAN IVAN

[Spicemariner]

Our boat sadly was a victim of Ivan. We have identified her from the photographs lying completely dismasted on her side in the boatyard. Does this sound survivable? What damage should we particularly look for once we get back to boat. Any advice much appreciated, she was our home.

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[boatless]

You really won't be able to tell until you check her yourself. Having had a boat blown out of it's cradle in the '89 storm in Hamble, I can say that the damage was really not that great. Needed a patch in the hull, but not much else. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

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[Spicemariner]

Re: HURRICANE IVAN

Thanks, it is so difficult as we can't get any information from Grenada. If the boat we can see is ours, looks like mast has been torn out of deck. There are terrible conditions on the island and no-one can get there unless require for the clearup effort. Could be weeks before we are there. I guess acid from batteries might make a bit of a mess too!

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[boatless]

Re: HURRICANE IVAN

Was the mast keel stepped? Even if it was dismasted, it's more likely that the tube would have folded before doing any real damage to the deck. Once the mast is off and the boat is on the ground there really isn't too much more that can go wrong. Short of another boat falling on it that is!

Decent batteries shouldn't leak too badly, and even so, in another occasion in my rich and varied boating life, I boiled three huge batteries for a half a day - didn't even take the varnish off the bottom of the bunk boards.

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[Spicemariner]

Re: HURRICANE IVAN

Mast deck stepped. Batteries are the golf cart type. There does look to be another boat on top at bow but hopefully, as they moved a lot of boats before Ivan hit, the one we can see isn't ours.

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[boatless]

Re: HURRICANE IVAN

In which case, you should have no deck damage, and a nice new mast c/o your insurers. Can't comment on the batteries, what angle does she appear to be lying at?

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[Spicemariner]

Re: HURRICANE IVAN

Right over on side, looks like she crashed down. Not so easy to get new anything in Grenada, so many boats damaged, but it is much worse for boaters there. No gas. fuel, water or food. Looting rife, it is probably much better to be here, even without home.

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[boatless]

Re: HURRICANE IVAN

It was surprising how few of the boats toppled at Hamble Point Marina in '89 were seriously damaged. The only one of ours that got damaged fell onto the RSJ sticking out from another cradle, those that fell onto concrete were relatively unscathed. You may well be lucky.

As far as new parts are concerned, surely it's going to be a great business opportunity for those suppliers who can get quantities of yacht parts out there pdq? I'd be out measuring up and estimating right now if I were there and in the repair business.

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[ArthurWood]

Sorry to know your boat is wrecked. We are still awaiting Ivan's arrival, although the last path projection put it further west, so we are hoping it'll miss us and just give us tropical storm force winds. Anyway, we are expecting the announcement of a mandatory evacuation later today. We'll keep our fingers crossed for our boat, not to mention the house! We've raised as much as we can about 4ft from the floor in case of a storm surge. It's a bit stressful waiting and not knowing where this thing is going. Perhaps the UK is not so bad after all/forums/images/icons/smile.gif.

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[snowleopard]

insurance...

do you have cover for named storms in that latitude? i believe trinidad is generally ok but don't know where insurers draw the line. one thing is pretty sure - you won't be able to get summer cover in grenada next year.

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[Spicemariner]

Really hope that Ivan misses you. I don't want anyone to feel like we do. Good luck. Where are you situated? We checked everything out with www.stormcarib.com actually watched the eye go over Prickly Bay, knowing then our boat had probably had it. Amazingly some boats have got away with it, even boats driven on to the shore. Think the boats on the hard may have come off worst. Feel like I have let the boat down.

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[ArthurWood]

Things are looking better for us, but of course Ivan could make a sudden turn like Charley did. We are in SW Florida, 60 mi S of Tampa on a barrier island and are not feeling our normal happy selves/forums/images/icons/smile.gif. We'll know tomorrow if we have to evacuate.


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[William_H]

Hello Trevor.. i think you should remain optimistic as other resonders. Fibreglass hulls can be very resilient might be scratched bu they are very flexible especially over a large area. The mast may also be OK if the stays let go. Certainly don't worry about the batteries provided theyb didn't spill onto the engine. Good luck and don't worry will

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[Bejasus]

perhaps <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.reservationsbvi.com/grenada/#ALPHABETICAL>this</A> link could be of assistance to you. Hope you get lucky.

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[Spicemariner]

Ivan

Just had text from friends in Grenada, they tried to find our boat but could not, the yard is just too much of a mess. There is no food, water or power in Grenada and looting is rife, lots of warnings for people to stay away, our friends also advised the same.

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