Tie down your boats, folks!

[Greenheart]

The problem is if you are driving to work and a tree falls on top of your car.

Ouch, I hadn't thought of that. My boat's under a big old oak, whose branches creak a lot. Luckily it's bare of leaves.

I might visit and park her in the open till the worst is over.

If I'm never heard from again, you know I got there at its worst. Or that a tree fell on my car.

 

[SC35]

Ouch, I hadn't thought of that. My boat's under a big old oak, whose branches creak a lot. Luckily it's bare of leaves.
I might visit and park her in the open till the worst is over.
If I'm never heard from again, you know I got there at its worst. Or that a tree fell on my car.

Mrs SC35 is driving into work tomorrow for a "meet the team" with a senior manager.
This doesn't seem very essential to me, but I can only advise
(or disconnect the coil pack leads)

 

[LONG_KEELER]

It's not all bad.

I got a nice new wall in my front garden once.

 

[laika]

Back in the 70’s the UK used to get a lot of ‘winter gales’ and no one batted an eyelid.

Who could have known that in those halcyon days that winter brew wouldn’t survive the Fullers takeover

 

[Gixer]

Just drove to work in pretty much record time. Wind must have been behind me...

Checked and added mooring lines last night. I walked around the marina and was staggered by the poor mooring lines on some boats, too small, really chaffed, snapped and just knotted together. I think what annoys me the most is people using old sheets or halyards are mooring lines, I mean why?? My boat is not worth loads but I'm happy to spend £100 on making sure she has proper lines to keep her safe.

I am aware that now I've said that my boat will be the only one that breaks free....

 

[Offshore57]

Living on board so at least we are here if anything starts to flap around. Can keep an eye on neighbouring boats too.....all good thus far.

 

[jaminb]

Churchtown Farm Webcam | Live Views Of The Isles of Scilly

blue sky incoming

 

[boomerangben]

I remember going down to check on friends boat in Stornoway when it was blowing hard gusts around 100mph apparently. The town marina is pretty sheltered but the pontoons were jumping around like the Tacoma Narrows bridge. Boat broke here doubled up mooring line but there was nothing I could do. I would not choose to stay on a boat in a marina if that sort of weather is forecast

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Back in the 70’s the UK used to get a lot of ‘winter gales’ and no one batted an eyelid.

Yes. What happened was the "media" exploded.
Thank god we now have this wonderful information system .

 

[ashtead]

Bring back Michael fish all is forgiven -in those days we really did have trees falling down in Surrey though but no alarms about a hurricane I seem to recall in those boatless days

 

[Dutch01527]

I think that the media overdramatise events like this. The wind forecast services I subscribe to predicted a peak of 38-40 knots with gusts up to about 70 knots. Looking at the live weather station data that looks about right.

A serious, but not unusual, winter storm that demands respect but certainly not “hurricane force winds” or “ the worst storm in 30 years”.

 

[Dipper]

Ouch, I hadn't thought of that. My boat's under a big old oak, whose branches creak a lot. Luckily it's bare of leaves.

I might visit and park her in the open till the worst is over

A late friend of mine lived in Brisbane when a tropical storm was forecast. He removed his 26ft catamaran from it's mooring and motored up a river where he secured it to a large tree. The tree fell on it smashing it to bits and sinking it.

 

[Praxinoscope]

Just drove to work in pretty much record time. Wind must have been behind me...

Checked and added mooring lines last night. I walked around the marina and was staggered by the poor mooring lines on some boats, too small, really chaffed, snapped and just knotted together. I think what annoys me the most is people using old sheets or halyards are mooring lines, I mean why?? My boat is not worth loads but I'm happy to spend £100 on making sure she has proper lines to keep her safe.

I am aware that now I've said that my boat will be the only one that breaks free....

‘Twas ever thus, it never ceases to amaze me at the rubbish bits of ‘string’ that that people use to moor their boats, even on their drying moorings. I suppose the attitude is ‘if it breaks free and damages someone else’s boat the insurance will pay for it’
All my mooring lines are checked regularly, washed and stored in the dry during the Winter.

 

[wombat88]

Jib sheets over greenhouse and secured - check
Anchor warp over shed roof and secured - check
Gas cooker and kettle retrieved from boat and installed in kitchen - check
Toothbrush charged - check

It's not the wind that's the bother it will be the delay in the power coming back on

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

Sotonmet just showed 78.1kts.

 

[DanTribe]

I went to double up all my mooring warps and springs yesterday, so now happy that the boat is secure to the pontoon.
But will the pontoon still be there?

 

[Lightwave395]

Just lost a dozen or so roof tiles from the West facing gable end, 110mph gust just recorded at the Needles...

Shame I can't put a couple of reefs in the roof !

 

[Seven Spades]

 

[blush2]

NCI Prawle Point recorded 84 knots (97mph) at 0936 before being blown away.

Wind funnels straight up the Dart straight towards our front door, we usually get something stronger that. So far the small front gate has escaped from it's fixings and one of the few back fence posts that hasn't been strengthened with a concrete spur has given way, now propped up with the previous post to give way. My greenhouse it flexing rather more than I am comfortable with and the small empty shed has fallen over.

On the other hand, Blush is ashore and fairly sheltered, and we are very glad we brought the riblet home from it's space on the foreshore last week. Dudley reportedly created mayhem on Wednesday and somebody else's dinghy has taken over our trolley.

 

[PhillM]

Kind o

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 -

Kinf of you to offer, but I would take your number off the forum. People can PM you.

Oh and I am Phillip with 2 ll's too. Not many of us about!