Tie down your boats, folks!

Meteorological chap on the radio tonight saying that there'll be a lot of damage across parts of England. He qualified it as being down to the fact that these winds so rarely hit the region, that they're not 'current' with being braced properly for it, as they are in Scotland 'cos it's a fairly frequent event.
It didn't cheer me up, the next article was about a guy in Aberdeenshire who'd bought a generator for the house, but was getting fed up feeding it £40-£50 of fuel a day, and not getting reimbursed by SSE, who still weren't 'fixing' the problem with the power.
 
God what's the problem and hype-- easter a couple of years ago we got caught out on the mooring in Dartmouth. can't remember what the storm name was but it was last minute. we saw south westerly and the windex(yes we were onboard) said 92mph on the stb bow. Yank the inflatable tight against the stern platform. OK not comfortable but put some backup mooring ropes on, put the rum and coffe on
and whats the prob???
 
iantomlinson said:
God what's the problem and hype-- easter a couple of years ago we got caught out on the mooring in Dartmouth. can't remember what the storm name was but it was last minute. we saw south westerly and the windex(yes we were onboard) said 92mph on the stb bow. Yank the inflatable tight against the stern platform. OK not comfortable but put some backup mooring ropes on, put the rum and coffe on
and whats the prob???
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The problem is if you are driving to work and a tree falls on top of your car.
 
Well isn't that a general risk we all take. It's life Jim. The post was about the boat. surely in winter, put extra lines on(in effect winterise it). the sse not reimbursing the 40-50 for a generator fuel- come on- life has twists and we have to deal with them. this is great britain(or uk or whatever) and we get on with it. we don't look for somebody to blame. we just deal with it.
 
dunedin said:
Our Inshore Waters shows "Severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first", then a brief "decreasing" then in the Outlook "becoming .. severe gale 9 later". NI gets a brace of F10 forecasts.

Fairly unusual even up here to get two F9-10 in quick succession. Indeed it has been an exceptionally windy period for some weeks up here

And the wind slamming into here suggests forecasts weren't too far wrong
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The weather must have got more gentle since I moved south, sounds a normal Feb in the NW Highlands when I was a child.
 
Sandy said:
The weather must have got more gentle since I moved south, sounds a normal Feb in the NW Highlands when I was a child.
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I remember a caravan arriving at the front window of the Army Guard room on Benbecula, unfortunately it had flown over the Medical centre to get there... It blew 126mph that night we had a lot of damage to the radar..

and in the 3 story steel framed barrack blocks on the top floor where I lived, the water in the toilets down the corridor you could hear sloshing around..
 
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The Q said:
I remember a caravan arriving at the front window of the Army Guard room on Benbecula, unfortunately it had flown over the Medical centre to get there... It blew 126mph that night we had a lot of damage to the radar..

and in the 3 story steel framed barrack blocks on the top floor where I lived, the water in the toilets down the corridor you could hear sloshing around..
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What point of sail was it on? ;)

I understand the naming of storms was so that people took notice. In the past it was just winter.

After Storm Arwen distraught lady from Perth was on the radio saying it was awful that the power had been off for 24 hours. They had clearly not planned for such an event, as a child everybody I knew had enough food and the means to cook for a week.
 
We still do have a packed pantry here on the coast of Norfolk, though we lose power less than we used to, since they replaced all the 3 separate wires on a pole with insulated twisted triples..
We also have an old gas cooker (from a boat,) and a gas bottle.. Always available..
We've been cut off by snow for 2 days once in the 23 years we've had this house so not a problem..
 
Unfortunately I've done that ... In the Hebridies afloat..... In a little Lysander, shipping forecast went from nice weather, to gale force imminent on the next forecast and the tide was out, I couldn't recover the boat.. So checked the chart found a small enclosed bay, dropped the mast and sat there for 36 hours..
 
Apparently it's random acts of kindness day today & before I found that out this morning I'd doubled up one of my neighbour's mooring lines so that should stand me in good stead! I would rather be here on the boat than not just to keep an eye...:rolleyes:
 
Sandy said:
What point of sail was it on? ;)

I understand the naming of storms was so that people took notice. In the past it was just winter.

After Storm Arwen distraught lady from Perth was on the radio saying it was awful that the power had been off for 24 hours. They had clearly not planned for such an event, as a child everybody I knew had enough food and the means to cook for a week.
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I've got a generator and and house modified to take it.
 
MAGTRAD said:
I shall be at Northney Marina, hayling Island this weekend. If anybody has a boat there and want's the mooring lines checked just give me a shout!
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I went today to Northney - did check lines - not sure if I have done enough - rather new to it all (Boat owner & weather wise) I was hoping to be there tomorrow but have a hospital appointment @ 1.30pm in Sutton - I am in berth G07 "Fruitbat" - right by the hoist - If u happen to pass and see anything that I missed pls do or let me know - 07771 770040 Phillip
 
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