So what happened to Cadence? I got very lucky. As you can see below, Cadence is still upright on stands. I am not exactly sure what happened but I think, the boat to port washed up from the dock as the storm came in and jammed in against her side. The boat to starboard fell off her stands as the water retreated and pinned Cadence from the other side.
I was told by Joel, my contractor, that he found with only two stands and put six additional ones back. There is damage but I think (hope) it’s superficial.
The second near escape, is my old boat fka Messing About, now Genesis. She was on the dock but as you can in this shot washed up on to the deck 4-5 feet above and stuck there with a dock tied to her starbaoard and a boat tied to her port.
Five minutes after I took this shot, I heard an allmighty crash and turned round to see that Genesis had slid back and was now floating with dock and other boat still attached. She seemed fine. Hopefully the damage is repairable. She’s a good old boat.
The last lucky escape is even more extraordinary. On Saturday, I helped my friend Ed move his boat up river to Brown’s. This marina is not as far up the creek as Morgan and pretty open to the elements. Ed was not able to get his boat hauled out, so we tied and sprung her well (we hoped).
The photo below shows Brown’s Boatyard today. Al the boats in the front part of yard and all the boats in slips were washed away. Except one that is. Ed’s boat which you can still tied up to the slip.
Bloody miracle. Ed claims it was my knot-tying.
CORRECTION
Apparently I missed the irony in my friend Ed’s email. When he said my knots were good as his boat was tied to the dock what he didn’t mention was that the dock was not actually tied to anything else.
His boat ended up in Morgan Marina. Still, he’s optimistic that she will be OK.
Incredibly sad shots, Adam. I have never seen such devastation so close to home. I am happy for you that Cadence survived with superficial damage. My wife and I checked on Mischief, our C&C 24 docked in Mill Basin off of Jamaica Bay. The only damage she sustained was a ripped and shredded jib, easily replaced.
This answers all of my questions regarding Cadence. All in all, good news….
I’m glad that Cadence seems ok but sorry for those owners who’s boat has been lost or had severe damage.
Devastating conditions
Wow. Just wow. I know from damage I saw last year that repairs can be made without there ever appearing to have been an issue. I certainly hope that’s true for all of you there.
Hey Adam – Patrick and I saw Cadence yesterday at Morgan and took a photo but we figured you would be down there as well. Our boat, Osprey, was tied up at the end of one of the floating docks and managed to have a wild adventure staying attached to the floating dock but winding up 180 degrees turned around. We have our theories about what happened; luckily the way it all went down, it protected us from the huge boat pileup that happened in the middle of the docks. She has cosmetic damage – new paint job will have to be re-done all the way around, and stanchions on port side are bent – a few minor other things like broken bow light etc. We are counting ourselves very lucky! – Melissa & Patrick of s/v Osprey (Tartan 34)
So gald you made it. What a terrible sight the aplce was
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