[Public-List] Setback with Touch Wood

[Dominic Amann]

Let's hope so. Old man winter has thrown a lot at us so far.

I hope to drop in at the show on Sunday.  Where should we look for you?
On Jan 10, 2014 8:56 PM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Surprise had four feet of snow on her - Dominic I am sorry I didn't check
> your boat when I checked mine.   I won't be back up there till after the
> 19th when the show is over.   I think your tarp is plastic?  Maybe the snow
> slid off.  My tarp is canvas, which I prefer for ventilation but the snow
> tends to stick to it.
>
> My wife and I knocked what we reckon are tons of snow and ice of Surprise's
> tarp.  I had her mast laid across her as a ridge pole with scissored 2x4's
> at the stern and laid on the pulpit forward.  The strut under the midships
> of the mast  (a piece of oak I've used for years) broke under the weight
> and
> the mast was bent down in the middle almost to the cabin top.  I thought
> for
> sure it was finished.
>
> Much to my surprise as the snow load was knocked off, it returned to
> straight.  There's a new strut under it again.
>
> Lucky, lucky.   Perhaps TW will be lucky too....
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
>
> On 10/01/14 8:49 PM, "Dominic Amann" <dominic.amann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ouch. So sorry to hear that. Best of luck.
> >  On Jan 10, 2014 8:34 PM, "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello gang -
> >>
> >> I¹m firmly ensconced here in my booth at the Toronto International Boat
> >> Show....if any of you come to the show I¹d like to see you.    All¹s
> well
> >> and I¹m looking forward to the week but for one thing.  Earlier this
> week
> >> we
> >> had a snow storm in Midland like I¹ve never seen.  Four feet of snow
> fell
> >> over two days.  I was looking at the thickness of the snow cap on our
> >> house,
> >> and then I remembered Touch Wood in her temporary shed.
> >>
> >> Did I make those undressed 2x4 roof beams well enough?  Did I put enough
> >> bracing into the structure?   Well the answer is no.  The shed collapsed
> >> and
> >> TW is beneath several tons of ice, snow, and the wreckage of the
> building.
> >> I couldn¹t get to her to see how bad things are, but I could see that
> the
> >> roof is completely down.  I hope that so long as she didn¹t fall over,
> she
> >> may have survived.  However all my tools are buried in the snow.  I
> >> couldn¹t
> >> dig into the ruin because I had to get here to the show....and guess
> what.
> >> There¹s going to be a thaw with heavy rain this weekend.... Then a deep
> >> freeze again.  I reckon whatever shape she¹s in she¹ll have to bear till
> >> March when things start warming up.
> >>
> >> I am so glad her mast wasn¹t in the shed.... I can¹t believe this has
> >> happened.
> >>
> >> Gord #426 Surprise
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