Windy, isn't it

My son's Phantom is in the dinghy park, all tied down securely with mast down. Warnings out to all club members to check their boats. Some idiot left their dart just sitting there . Not tied down, mast up. It blew over, hit my son's phantom. Broke the carbon mast, split the deck ripped the cover. Apart from the hassle of repairs the mast comes from Australia & he is not sure he can obtain another until Ovingtons bring in another batch in a few months time. Cost of the mast alone is £2K plus. His boat was in tip top condition as he races it & looks after it. All because someone was too lazy to deal with their boat. Club rules are that masts come down at the end of racing & most of those that blew over were not tied down & had masts up & hit other boats.

Then last night a tile blew off his roof, hit his new extension breaking 3 more tiles then bounced on to his Range Rover putting 3 dents in the body work. He had just had an offer to buy last week, so that has now gone t..ts up. :rolleyes:
 
If you have any blown down trees to clear up as I have you need one of these in your life. A Chainsaw on a pole. Amazing piece of Kit and only £95. It is Mains electric Powered and will go through an 8 Inch dia trunk with ease. Could not have done the clear up safely without it

 
How on earth do you safely undercut the branch at that height and angle ?


-I think I would need a cable 500 yards long to reach this twig which fell on the way to the fields yesterday.


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sarabande said:
How on earth do you safely undercut the branch at that height and angle ?


-I think I would need a cable 500 yards long to reach this twig which fell on the way to the fields yesterday.


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Yep quite so quite so ; why not just tidy it up and leave it to become a Feature ; most unusuall a feature at that ; in the years ahead its a reminder of the Storm Damage ; hen the Storm has become local folklore ?
 
Daydream believer said:
My son's Phantom is in the dinghy park, all tied down securely with mast down. Warnings out to all club members to check their boats. Some idiot left their dart just sitting there . Not tied down, mast up. It blew over, hit my son's phantom. Broke the carbon mast, split the deck ripped the cover. Apart from the hassle of repairs the mast comes from Australia & he is not sure he can obtain another until Ovingtons bring in another batch in a few months time. Cost of the mast alone is £2K plus. His boat was in tip top condition as he races it & looks after it. All because someone was too lazy to deal with their boat. Club rules are that masts come down at the end of racing & most of those that blew over were not tied down & had masts up & hit other boats.

Then last night a tile blew off his roof, hit his new extension breaking 3 more tiles then bounced on to his Range Rover putting 3 dents in the body work. He had just had an offer to buy last week, so that has now gone t..ts up. :rolleyes:
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Yea well my take is that Clubs that make rules but do not have Senior Members on site to enforce them , especially in the High Winds forcast , are indeed a teeny bit silly , but in my experience being a teeny bit silly is par for the course these days ; It amounts to a lack of care by the Committes plus negligence

Boating Clubs are not what they used to be , URG {:-(#
 
sarabande said:
How on earth do you safely undercut the branch at that height and angle ?
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You don't need to undercut it you just start on the end that was the top and nibble away at it in smallish pieces until you get to the big bit where you scratch your head and decide how you will do it. The pic below is how it was before I set to it with the little saw on a stick. The good thing is you can stand well back. Took me and her indoors about 2 hours from start to where you see in the Video. We now have some excellent firewood for next year. I had 2 like this to deal with. The other was a little smaller and is all done now. Would have completely finished yesterday but rain stopped play

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Capt Popeye said:
Yea well my take is that Clubs that make rules but do not have Senior Members on site to enforce them , especially in the High Winds forcast , are indeed a teeny bit silly , but in my experience being a teeny bit silly is par for the course these days ; It amounts to a lack of care by the Committes plus negligence

Boating Clubs are not what they used to be , URG {:-(#
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Trouble is that members take the p & then when committee members chase them up they are being " littel Hitlers" One cannot win. It boils down to basic disrespect for others that people have these days.
 
In December, we received this email:

Please see below a list of Do's and Dont's when using the Hard Standing

1. All sails to be removed before haul.
2. Spray hoods to be removed before haul.
3. Bilge keel boats will be strapped to bilge keel beams to avoid
overturning. Do not remove straps.
4. Bilge keel boats without hold down straps to have mast lowered.
5. All halyards to be adequately frapped.
6. No cheap covers, these blow to pieces in gales.
7. Check cockpit drains are clear of debris and leaves.
8. Do not alter cradle or boat props when antifouling.
9. Do not remove any boat propping.
10. Do not use Swale Marina forklift pallets.
11. Long leads to be checked regularly and be long enough not to need
joiners or junctions. Any leads found to be faulty or with inadequate
joiners will be removed / unplugged.
12. Remove dinghy outboard motors.

Regards,
Simon

I guess that after this weather it will be enforced. Mast lifts each way will cost.

Five boats with sails out, one with mast down and one boat slipping in its cradle due to flapping Genoa.
 
1/2 mile from the North Sea in North Norfolk, we lost one clay roof tile, somehow it landed without breaking. just waiting for a day of not much wind and not at work to put it back.

The sailing boat on it's trailer and cover survived in the garden, no problems as such.

Two trees came down the far end of the garden ,

Unable to see the motorboat on the club webcam as that is staring at the floor now. I'll drop in on the way home from work tonight.
 
Lucy52 said:
In December, we received this email:

Please see below a list of Do's and Dont's when using the Hard Standing

1. All sails to be removed before haul.
2. Spray hoods to be removed before haul.
3. Bilge keel boats will be strapped to bilge keel beams to avoid
overturning. Do not remove straps.
4. Bilge keel boats without hold down straps to have mast lowered.
5. All halyards to be adequately frapped.
6. No cheap covers, these blow to pieces in gales.
7. Check cockpit drains are clear of debris and leaves.
8. Do not alter cradle or boat props when antifouling.
9. Do not remove any boat propping.
10. Do not use Swale Marina forklift pallets.
11. Long leads to be checked regularly and be long enough not to need
joiners or junctions. Any leads found to be faulty or with inadequate
joiners will be removed / unplugged.
12. Remove dinghy outboard motors.

Regards,
Simon

I guess that after this weather it will be enforced. Mast lifts each way will cost.

Five boats with sails out, one with mast down and one boat slipping in its cradle due to flapping Genoa.
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Blimey, I saw three shredded genoas there yesterday, didn't see the extra two. I really don't understand why they turned a blind eye to sails left on, at least two of the genoas were in the yard including the one that caused the broken mast. Mind you as with every yard some of the boats look to have been untouched/unloved for years.
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Cantata said:
Blimey, I saw three shredded genoas there yesterday, didn't see the extra two. I really don't understand why they turned a blind eye to sails left on, at least two of the genoas were in the yard including the one that caused the broken mast. Mind you as with every yard some of the boats look to have been untouched/unloved for years.
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I wouldn’t have thought that a properly stowed mainsail would add much to the risk and that a fatigue fracture from movement of the mast was the cause in the picture. I note that the boat three along still has its jib intact, though not fully furled, though it is flying an Irish pennant.
 
johnalison said:
I wouldn’t have thought that a properly stowed mainsail would add much to the risk and that a fatigue fracture from movement of the mast was the cause in the picture. I note that the boat three along still has its jib intact, though not fully furled, though it is flying an Irish pennant.
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Agree there, it's unravelling genoas that are the real danger.
 
Luckily mine was parked behind, but this guys mast is now across the boats behind. Then you look at the starboard side, OMG the whole side & decks gone, must be rotten as a pear. ?
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Daydream believer said:
My son's Phantom is in the dinghy park, all tied down securely with mast down. Warnings out to all club members to check their boats. Some idiot left their dart just sitting there . Not tied down, mast up. It blew over, hit my son's phantom. Broke the carbon mast, split the deck ripped the cover. Apart from the hassle of repairs the mast comes from Australia & he is not sure he can obtain another until Ovingtons bring in another batch in a few months time. Cost of the mast alone is £2K plus. His boat was in tip top condition as he races it & looks after it. All because someone was too lazy to deal with their boat. Club rules are that masts come down at the end of racing & most of those that blew over were not tied down & had masts up & hit other boats.

Then last night a tile blew off his roof, hit his new extension breaking 3 more tiles then bounced on to his Range Rover putting 3 dents in the body work. He had just had an offer to buy last week, so that has now gone t..ts up. :rolleyes:
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That's very bad luck...... I don't like the fact we've become a litigious society, but that's surely a justified reason to claim against the Dart's owner?
 
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