[Public-list] #306 Lost on Grenada

[Melissa Currier]

Just heard that CB's Aunt Cathy's Valiant 44 survived on jack stands in
Grenada.  After all of the horror photos, they were panicked, but the
Mariah Blake made it through unscathed.  It will be April before they can
get a Travel Lift back through the debris to where she is in the yard,
though...

> I agree...if your A30 is in the midst of a pile up like the one in the
> pictures from Grenada, I think it is likely that she will come off better
> that whatever she hits.
>
> When I first owned my first boat (the Folkboat I keep pining for) I used
> to
> have a nightmare in which she was anchored in a river mouth, and I was
> ashore watching as she strained at her cables with the river flooding past
> in some sort of storm...until a tree came down the current and hit her &
> took her away.  I don't live in a part of the world where hurricanes
> happen
> but it is strange that some part of me worried about that sort of storm.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
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>> If any boat can take it - it's the A30 and by today's standards of
>> boatbuilding, it's one boat that is worth repairing after a storm.
>>
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>>             Mike Lehman
>>> <((((º>¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>
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>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
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>> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Public-list] #306 Lost on Grenada
>> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:21:44 -0400
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> The A30 is a tough boat, so don't give up hope.  They're also quite
>> repairable.  Even something like a split hull/deck joint isn't all that
>> bad.  If the boat's integrity is compromised in such a way, though, have
>> them pull off the engine intake hose and open the seacock so the boat
>> can't fill up with water.
>>
>> - George
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 05:58:26PM -0400, CAPTDAVE40 at aol.com wrote:
>>> Last fall I sailed my Alberg30 #306 from Islesboro, Maine to Grenada.
>>> It was hauled out at Spice Island Boat Yard. Every vessel was blown off
>> their
>>> supports. The eye of IVAN passed over the yard, with winds clocking the
>>> compass and blowing 118 mph, gusting to 125mph.
>>> Although my vessel was on the hard I consider it lost until I hear of
>> it's
>>> condition. There has been no correspondence out of Grenada. SIBY is
>> working as
>>> best as they can under the circumstances to inform boat owners of the
>> condition
>>> of their vessels. For more info go to, www.stormcarib.com
>>> and www.spiceislandmarine.com/
>>> Dave
>>> Coober Pedy
>>> Spice Island Marina
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