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I had posted this in the Gallery section meaning to post it here instead so I will just insert the quoted material here:

Went by the Marina Saturday night, it was a busy Labor Day weekend for  my family and that was the only time I could fit the trip in, and there  were more vessels in the boat yard than I could fathom.  There was one  clear spot and that's where my Ariel was supposed to be... it was dark, I  was in someone else's car and we had no flashlight and there was a hole  in the yard.  She had been moved but she was there, inspection inside  the cabin interior revealed bone dry conditions which I didn't expect  due to the partially opened seacock, apparently if she floated, little  water entered that port.  I was EXTREMELY lucky.  She was sitting under 2  dozen pine trees.

Well guys, quick update.
Went by the Marina Saturday night, it was a busy Labor Day weekend for my family and that was the only time I could fit the trip in, and there were more vessels in the boat yard than I could fathom.  There was one clear spot and that's where my Ariel was supposed to be... it was dark, I was in someone else's car and we had no flashlight and there was a hole in the yard.  She had been moved but she was there, inspection inside the cabin interior revealed bone dry conditions which I didn't expect due to the partially opened seacock, apparently if she floated, little water entered that port.  I was EXTREMELY lucky.  She was sitting under 2 dozen pine trees.

I can't agree with you more ebb, I cannot believe someone would head for blue water with an open through hull to the sink and cock pit drains (can you imagine hearing water gurgling in the sink while heeled over port?), but apparently they made it through because the boat's on dry land (or was before the hurricane).  The through hull fitting I'm worried about most is the discharge port for the head since it's partially open, the hose connected to the through hull that was connected to the sink is plugged with a wooden bung at this time.  During the hurricane (according to one of the local papers found online) many sail craft were lifted off their stands and sat back down again (I am sure not back on the stands) and so if it floated, i am sure it didn't sink (or sink far).  Where my craft sat, in order for it to get to the Broad Creek free floating, it would have had to pass under a powerline (which is not tall enough for the mast) unless that line is down.  You might can see the power line through the trees in the picture below but that picture was taken before the hurricane.

I hate work  I guess if I loved it, I wouldn't call it work but it's keeping me from finding out what I need to know.

hey I've tried to send you a message here but it says your mailbox is full, send me one, if you want, send one to my gmail address @ LoneEagleNC.  I've changed my mind about the purchase.

Hello All!  

Stuck in Winston-Salem this weekend and could not get to the Marina to check out the A107 to see if she survived.  Could not get up with anybody and the local newspaper is the only source of information I have (no power and internet down there right now and the only cell numbers I have are going straight to voicemail).

I have attached a few pics that show you the marina damage reported in the paper, none of the pics show mine (which may be a good or bad thing depending).  

I am told many of the sailboats on the hard in the boat yard floated off their stands.

The first pic is a historical shot of the Marina Docks before the Fire burnt one of the covered docks.  The power boat sitting in the road is supposed to be at Capt. Sams Boatyard but is sitting about 200 feet from where mine is SUPPOSED to be.

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If you look at the right side of the valve in the discharge seacock, you can see where the valve is slightly open allowing flow

This one is the intake and is almost as good as sealed.

After removing the hoses, I figured out how this worked so far as discharge to the sea or discharge to the holding tank.

It appears to me (I don't have the Ariel manual yet) that the thru-hull the cockpit drains and sink attach to has no valve so it's open to the sea?  It appears to be glassed, not a very good shot here....

Well, I don't know about where you guys Ariels and Commanders are moored but where mine sits up, mosquitoes have become a major issue.  While attempting to work, I had to stop what I was doing and go to walmart and work on screening.

I got some nylon screen and a framing kit and pics are posted, not bad looking if I must say so myself!

The hatch in the v-berth, I just cut some screen and secured around the base with a bunji cord.

Removed the head, hoses and holding tank, so I can sand that area and while I was at it, removed the hose fittings from the seacocks and the seacock feeding the head is secure and tight, it won't budge using penetrating oil and hammer taps, the discharge seacock is somewhat open to the sea, penatrating oil can be seen running down the through-hull and down the keel which is what I was afraid of and it won't budge either.  Neither seacock has nuts and bolts so apparently they unscrew from the through-hull (which is a two man job).   I found out the through-hull draining the cockpit floor and the sink does not have a seacock, it's open to the sea.

someone that has c_amos's private email account please tell him to clean out his pearsonariel.org email box HAHAHAHA, it's full.

Thanx Mike,
I'll probably be using that suggestion!

You are exactly right!  The original head had two hoses, one from the sea and one to the sea, a  plastic tri-valve was installed on the bulkhead behind the toilet and discharge from the toilet went to one of the fittings on that valve to feed, one fitting went to the sea and the other was to a portable holding tank that was supposed to fit around 1/2 of the toilet to comply with discharge regulations.  

I was trying to get this vessel on the water as soon as possible meaning conserving as much money as possible and finish out in between using it but your suggestion is now one of importance.  The plastic knob on the toilet that opens and closes for pumping is broken off and that valve can no longer be operated.  Either a toilet valve rebuild kit (including broken part if I could find such kit) or head replacement or porta-pottie or airhead.  Now I have to consider this option like I had not planned on originally (or just not carry women on the vessel for a while HA!)

Hey, c_amos, tried to send you a message, your maxed out, clear out some room or send me a message with your email address

Hey Chance, I am able to come to the Marina every other weekend, (I get  paid every other weekend and manage to overspend each time).  Sorry I  missed you.  As I am sure you know, when you decide on making a repair,  you look at it and say, oh that's going to take around 2 hours or that's  going to take around 4 hours and it ALWAYS takes exponentially longer!   So far, I've not gotten much accomplished.  I've started snatching out  old wiring, I've cleaned up alot although I can't tell it when I get  back to her after a 2 week vacation from her HA!!!!  I've replaced the  hose on both sides of the manual bilge pump, removed the electric bilge  pump and checked it, still works but have to replace the discharge line  to it.  I've removed all the trim and carried it home (the PO painted  part of the cabin white while leaving the trim on therefore some of the  trim has white paint all over it and needs to be redone anyway) and have  started sanding down alot of it.  Two weekends ago, the holding tank for  the head was full so I removed it from the head and capped it and  carried it down to the pumping station and dumped it (I've not used the  head so I have no idea it's been like that).  Last night I made a screen  for the companionway hatch (mosquitoes around here are horrendous) and  just tied screen around the v-berth hatch until I can get some framing  for it.

So here I sit, coffee made (and currently drinking a cup) contemplating when I'm going to start waking everybody up here with the electric sander.  On this weekend's agenda, sanding and working on the seacocks to get them operational and anything else that side tracks me.

The no-skid looks good, mine is an ugly bluish-green, intend to rectify that some day.

Thanks for the offer but I was planning on doing a "brass motif" if you'll mind the expression anyway, just didn't know I could get that particular item.  I do want to keep it original to an extent but with a certain "flair". HA!  Anyway, I have no plans to actually USE it for an icebox, more dry storage than anything that can be acquired through the portal on the starboard cockpit seat.   Like others on the site, I am sure it will become a nusance to me and I'll wind up (having someone else) remove it.  Lets just say my handyman skills are more along the lines of sanding, painting and whatever I can mess up with a drill, screwdriver and crosscut saw.  

I have found some soft spots on my deck (exactly where others have posted pics of their soft spots) port side and starboard side of the cabin that will need attention but for now, I'm hot to get her in the water, those repairs (which will be left to a professional glassman for core material replacement and reglassing) can wait until the weather is fitting for such activities and not for sailing    .