[C320-list] Hurricane!

[argates2nd at comcast.net]

Jack,  It seems you were very fortunate.  We are on Charlotte Harbor and 11' waves were reported!  Rollie  #182

> On 11/12/2020 11:56 AM Jack Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> Well, the tropical storm wasn’t that bad, but we almost lost Sonas to a fluke occurrence.
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> Either a freak wave or a mini-tornado slammed into her and broke off the 18-inch-diameter piling that was taking much of the beating from the storm. Immediately, Sonas slammed into an equally large piling on the other side and decapitated it.
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> Surprisingly, I can’t find any damage on the boat. Still, I’m going to arm-twist Geico/BoatUS into paying for a hull survey to look for structural problems as well as paying for the pilings. (They belong to the condo association, but I’m responsible if I damage them …)
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> At 3 a.m., I found her hanging to just two remaining taut windward lines and had no way to get on the boat because the broken pilings were keeping her off the dock. Luckily, they held as the storm weakened. I managed to straighten things out after first light.
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> Now the fun begins. Insurance claim. Finding a dock company to replace the pilings. Jury rigging docking lines until that happens.
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> Be over, 2020.
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> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
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