How Tough is an Ariel? We'll see After Hurricane IKE

[commanderpete]

More pics of "Kemah Sabe"

Lucky the neighbor didn't crunch her

[Hull376]

Here's a photo of the marina BEFORE the storm with the berm surrounding it (houses built on top).  I think this made the difference between safe versus destroyed. The nastiest photos of the mess appear to be with the fixed docks at other marinas.

[Commander 147]

Kent
 
Do you have any pictures of your boat after Ike? Did she have any damage?

[Hull376]

If the roads are clear, I should be down there this weekend sometime.  I'll take my camera and show you what I find.  Right now, I only have some emails from others at the marina who say I'm floating fine.

[ebb]

Kemah Sabe!

If there was a picture-worth-a-thousand-words contest...

 this one - of Kemah Sabe (with the Gary Larson signature) floating placidly and calmly next to pure chaos searing her flank....
and  that tidy fin keeler  in the background hung up to dry ON the boardwalk - this one would be a winner .....  

PRICELESS.


Under the rudder of the little pocket cruiser is the stern of another keelboat seemingly no worse for wear either.  My favorite of the two pix is the balanced shot with the flyer in the upper center in the vortex  of a triangle.  Great picture.  It's up on my crowded wall.

I understand the name comes from the spanish phrase
'qui no sabe',
which translates as "clueless".
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IMHO, Hurricanes should be named after comedians.
The next year after famous cartoonists......
Pet names, sports figures....  like that.

[Hull376]

Well here's some pictures of IKE aftermath.  I took these with my new Blackjack II phone, and didn't have time to figure out how to get them off my phone and onto my computer until this week.  What you see is a very small portion of the damage.  These boats are insured by Nationwide, and they rented the open space at my marina to set them up for auction.  Some were recovered and floated in, while others were brought in by truck.  None are from my marina, where damage was slight, except for the cabin cruiser photo which is at the entrance to the marina.  Nationwide's staff told me that almost all of these boats will probably end up being purchased and exported outside of the US.  They go to Asia and S. America to be repaired and refit.  Labor costs allow them to do it profitably.

[Hull376]

A few more pics.  Post Hurricane IKE