BOATS & HURRICANES (Page 2): Our neighbor at Fourchon had a 65 ft sport fisher. If a hurricane was forecast to hit Louisiana he would either take it east or west in the gulf away from...

FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana

ranger632 wrote:

For you people in hurricane country please explain this to me, see lots of boats pile up because of the hurricane and lots of them boats are worth big bucks. How come the owners didn't pull them out or tried to sail into safe water somewhere? You can't move your home or business but I would think you could move your boat.

Our neighbor at Fourchon had a 65 ft sport fisher. If a hurricane was forecast to hit Louisiana he would either take it east or west in the gulf away from the storm and then move inland through the intercostal canal and ride it out. Sometimes he would bring it up the bayou past the locks and anchor or tie up around the shrimp processing facilities. He or I should say we used the hell out of that boat offshore and for tournaments. It was always kept immaculate and he said it was an investment like his home and he babied it.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

FourchonLa. wrote:

Our neighbor at Fourchon had a 65 ft sport fisher.... (show quote)

The owner of Port Clinton Marina (in Clinton harbor) brought his 45' Ocean Super Sport up the river and moored it in the channel leading to my marina. That doesn't give his customers much confidence that their boats will survive. By the way, they had 6 or 7 sunk at Port Clinton.

FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana

Fredfish wrote:

The owner of Port Clinton Marina (in Clinton harbor) brought his 45' Ocean Super Sport up the river and moored it in the channel leading to my marina. That doesn't give his customers much confidence that their boats will survive. By the way, they had 6 or 7 sunk at Port Clinton.

That’s just it. The vast majority don’t. I can’t count the number of times we hauled our boats out of harm’s way. It’s just not worth dealing with the aftermath. A home or a camp is another thing. You do what you can and hope for the best.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

FourchonLa. wrote:

That’s just it. The vast majority don’t. I can’t count the number of times we hauled our boats out of harm’s way. It’s just not worth dealing with the aftermath. A home or a camp is another thing. You do what you can and hope for the best.

By all means, if they're small enough to trailer, get them out of the water. Bigger ones are a problem, if there's no Hurricane holes nearby. Most of the time the storms make landfall somewhere different than is predicted. You could be going from the frying pan into the fire.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

FourchonLa. wrote:

Our neighbor at Fourchon had a 65 ft sport fisher.... (show quote)

I know what you mean 4. I saw my share of anchored boats relocated from marinas in my NC days. Then locals with the larger boats well in advance also would anchor in the coves no matter if it was a predicted dead on hit or if it was going to be within 100 miles away.

For sure every state doesn't have safe harbors and coves to hide out in, but not caring what happens i guess is on a pay scale i never will see.

Shenanigans Loc: NJ

Same thing happened up here during "Sandy" and most of the boats were out for winter storage, the surge in Fort Meyers took out buildings so any boats that were hauled and drydocked would not have fared any better. There was really nowhere for any of those yachts to go or the resources to get them out.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

FourchonLa. wrote:

Our neighbor at Fourchon had a 65 ft sport fisher.... (show quote)

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

Fredfish wrote:

It would take weeks to pull all those bigger boats... (show quote)

That is precisely what happened when Sandy hit NJ. I was on LBI the day before the storm hit, and there were boats all blocked and chocked along the bay side. They were only 4 feet above water level, so when the storm hit they just floated out. Some of them were found on the far side of the bay, about 6 miles, and half a mile inland.

bucky buckner Loc: murrells inlet SC

ranger632 wrote:

For you people in hurricane country please explain this to me, see lots of boats pile up because of the hurricane and lots of them boats are worth big bucks. How come the owners didn't pull them out or tried to sail into safe water somewhere? You can't move your home or business but I would think you could move your boat.

You can't fix STUPID Mr. Danger, been wondering about that myself

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

bucky buckner wrote:

You can't fix STUPID Mr. Danger, been wondering about that myself

Hey Bucky, glad to see you're ok down there.

USAF Major Loc: Sea Bright, NJ

Fredfish wrote:

It would take weeks to pull all those bigger boats... (show quote)

Fred just said it all!

bucky buckner Loc: murrells inlet SC

Fredfish wrote:

Hey Bucky, glad to see you're ok down there.

Thanks Fred, we fared pretty well, there was 4 feet of water in the parking lot of the Claw House where you had dinner. all businesses were open the day after in Murrells Inlet

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

bucky buckner wrote:

Thanks Fred, we fared pretty well, there was 4 feet of water in the parking lot of the Claw House where you had dinner. all businesses were open the day after in Murrells Inlet

Wow that's a lot of water. Glad to hear everyone is ok and reopened..