Hurricane Isabel

S.Airing · September 21, 2003, 10:37:48 AM

Annapolis had a storm surge of 6 feet,I went down on Tuesday and got Sirocco ready.I took off the sails and awning and slacked up my dock lines.I use over sized dock lines 5/8 all the time unlike some boats around me that use line the size of shoe strings.I checked on things this morning 9/21/03 and you would have never known anything had happened.I couldnt find any damage on any boat or piers.

S.Airing · September 21, 2003, 10:43:20 AM

I wasnt there but Im told that the water was to the top of the pilings.Sirocco didnt get as much as a scratch,even the Hunters were unharmed.The boards behind my truck show how high the water got.This was the third hurricane that I have had to deal with since Ive owned Sirocco.

mrgnstrn · September 26, 2003, 09:52:26 PM

bad news from MD. the rudder is split.

mrgnstrn · September 26, 2003, 09:54:29 PM

closeup of the broken piece. one of the bolts broke!

mrgnstrn · September 26, 2003, 09:55:55 PM

the broken spreader base.
i still haven't figured out how this broke.

mrgnstrn · September 26, 2003, 10:00:15 PM

this is bizarre. the two huge bolts are bent, but none of the screws that hold the wood are stripped or anything.

commanderpete · September 27, 2003, 07:40:34 AM

~sigh~

Hate to see the old girl bruised up.

Here's some more photos of your marina.

http://members.cox.net/gbennett11/

I believe you can just see your boat in the first photo just below. The mast of that pesky blue boat probably got tangled with yours and broke the spreader.

mrgnstrn · September 27, 2003, 08:42:55 AM

in fact that is a great picture of my archh-nemisis, the blue boat.
and the more i think of it, yes, it is very possiible that hes rig somehow clipped mine and just ripped the base apart. but what is weird is that there is no bending or damage to the actual spreader tube.

but really that is nothing. the thing that is going to be a problem is the rudder.

i am mulling over how to make a fiberglass replacement.

but we will see.

Bill · September 27, 2003, 02:39:47 PM

Please start the rudder replacement discussion with a new thread in the tech forum. It should be an interesting discussion. Also, if you search on "spreader base," you should find a source for a replacement.

BTW - If you have the manual, Alberg's lines drawing of the hull shows a second rudder shape that appears to be more effecient (though not as pretty) than the original.

S.Airing · October 02, 2003, 11:36:34 AM

A Trition owner ,Dave Hoyt took this picture Friday morning at 9 am after the hurricane went thru.The tide seems to be closer to 8 feet than 6.Luckily we had winds of only 50 knotts or so,unlike further south.

dasein668 · October 03, 2003, 07:15:08 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by mrgnstrn

and the more i think of it, yes, it is very possiible that hes rig somehow clipped mine and just ripped the base apart. but what is weird is that there is no bending or damage to the actual spreader tube.

The broken socket looked just like the socket on my Triton after a nasty raft-up incident. I didn't have any damage to the spreader tube either. I thnk that the old cast aluminum fittings are just so brittle that it really doesn't take much of a blow to crack them. These fittings seem to be a weak link in the rigging of these older Pearson boats. I've seen a lot of reports of broken ones. Might be a good think to replace on most of our boats....

commanderpete · October 18, 2003, 10:24:22 AM

I thought losing a spreader would surely cause the mast to come tumbling down. Double lower shrouds are a good thing.

Even more surprising is the grisly photo of Commander 105 Mike posted. That other boat must have pounded her for hours, actually laying down on top of her. The lower shroud chainplate looks to be pulled nearly clean out of the deck. The other turnbuckle is badly bent. The shock loads on the rig must have been incredible.

mrgnstrn · December 09, 2003, 10:49:17 PM

The marina decided to rub salt in the wound.
Most of the boats at my marina that got damaged are in the 20-30 foot range. Most of the docks that held those boats were of the same size.
Since all those boats had to be removed for repair of the docks, the marina decided to take that oppurtunity to replace the 20-30 foot slips with 40-50 foot slips.
So not only are all of our boats on the hard (and were charged from the moment we hit the travel-lift) instead of the slip that we already paid the marina for (and they can't provide), but they are making sure we can't have the slip back.

Bastards. I smell class-action lawsuit. Surely there is a lawyer amonst my group of displaced and mistreated boat owners.

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