makes your eyes water, 'specially if you are a cat person

Re: makes your eyes water, \'specially if you are a cat person

Ouch by the way, looks expensive /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
Re: makes your eyes water, \'specially if you are a cat person

Just clicked on your sub-album called 'aus cyclone' and then copied the URL from the address bar pretty much like you did, only you did it for the entire album /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I believe there is a tutorial on posting pictures somewhere but I haven't got a link handy /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
Re: makes your eyes water, \'specially if you are a cat person

thanks, 'fraid I'm a spanners man , struggle with this a bit. However, these pics are from my daughter who is currently backpacking the E coast and is hoping to get some work on the tourist boats out to the Whitsundays, there are still some left apparently!!
Apart from the storms, life out there seems to be perfect, sailing, partying, beaches etc.
I think I'm going to get her to post on here, at least then she will be in regular contact /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
Re: makes your eyes water, \'specially if you are a cat person

The moral? If you want to be left with something approaching seaworthiness after a cyclone, choose a steel boat.
 
Re: makes your eyes water, \'specially if you are a cat person

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The moral? If you want to be left with something approaching seaworthiness after a cyclone, choose a steel boat.

[/ QUOTE ]That's a bit harsh. Lots of plastic boats sail round the world, and I've survived a hurricane in a plastic boat...

What I was going to say was how suprised I was to see so much gear still on deck. Sails still bent on, canvas work still in place etc etc. Why on earth didn't the owners remove ALL the extraneous gear that produces extra windage before the wind really got up?
 
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The moral? If you want to be left with something approaching seaworthiness after a cyclone, choose a steel boat.


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That's a bit harsh. Lots of plastic boats sail round the world, and I've survived a hurricane in a plastic boat...


[/ QUOTE ] Yes, apologies, it is a rather more flippant remark than I would make in the cold light of day. There is nothing about GRP or wood which makes them less suitable than steel for surviving severe weather at sea. It's when you hit rocks or ice that some differences emerge.
 
Re: makes your eyes water, \'specially if you are a cat person

No problem. I ought to point out that I moored the plastic boat to a lot of mangrove, put two anchors out the stern, took everything off deck and retired to a stone built hotel where I could watch what happened from relative safety, so I wasn't technically 'in' the plastic boat when the hurricane came through. Plastic or steel, there's nothing much you CAN do in harbour once the wind gets up to hurricane strength.

I would like to know more about the background of the storm that has wrecked so many boats in the pictures that started this thread. What were the windspeeds and what forecast did the area receive? Has anyone got any more details?

I am still left wondering at the negligence of leaving so much gear on deck, sails bent on etc etc.
 
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