Moved from Gulfport small craft harbor to west side of Bay of St. Louis, MS to hide from hurricane Katrina. This ended up being ground zero but home harbor was destroyed anyway. Storm surge was > 30'. Had 8 lines on boat tied to five different trees across 45' wide canal. Homes on both sides of canal. My H310, Miss Jenna, survived - nothing else did. All starboard lines broke but 3 of the 4 port lines held.
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Allan Pursnell
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I keep my boat at Point Cadet Marina in Biloxi, but I moved it to the back bay area of Biloxi for Katrina. I have not been able to find out the fate of my boat. I think it may have had some chance to survive. But one never knows. Looking at Oak Harbor Marina in Slidell, there are completely destroyed boats next to ones that survived. The most important thing though is that the loss of a yacht is insignificant compared to the loss of lives and homes in the area.
I keep my boat at Point Cadet Marina in Biloxi, but I moved it to the back bay area of Biloxi for Katrina. I have not been able to find out the fate of my boat. I think it may have had some chance to survive. But one never knows. Looking at Oak Harbor Marina in Slidell, there are completely destroyed boats next to ones that survived. The most important thing though is that the loss of a yacht is insignificant compared to the loss of lives and homes in the area.
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... you were able to find eight places on ANY production boat (no Hunter bashing from this Catalina owner) to nail down eight lines. I'm further surprised that the lines broke rather than the cleats pulled out. If you don't mind sharing, did you modify your cleats any (backing plates, etc.), and where did you tie off the eight lines? Tom Monroe Carlyle Lake
... you were able to find eight places on ANY production boat (no Hunter bashing from this Catalina owner) to nail down eight lines. I'm further surprised that the lines broke rather than the cleats pulled out. If you don't mind sharing, did you modify your cleats any (backing plates, etc.), and where did you tie off the eight lines? Tom Monroe Carlyle Lake
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Tom Pfleeger
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The H310 has three cleats each side. I tied bow and stern lines and two spring lines to the center cleats each side. One of the bow lines was my anchor line with the chain secured to the base of a 3' diameter slash pine. The anchor line was 5/8" and it snapped probably because a cabin cruiser sank on it and one of the spring lines. I probably had about 700' of line total holding the boat. All of the cleats are stock with no modification and they are all undamaged. Other trees selected for securing the lines included a Sweet Gum and a Chinese Tallow tree but mostly they were Slash pines.
The H310 has three cleats each side. I tied bow and stern lines and two spring lines to the center cleats each side. One of the bow lines was my anchor line with the chain secured to the base of a 3' diameter slash pine. The anchor line was 5/8" and it snapped probably because a cabin cruiser sank on it and one of the spring lines. I probably had about 700' of line total holding the boat. All of the cleats are stock with no modification and they are all undamaged. Other trees selected for securing the lines included a Sweet Gum and a Chinese Tallow tree but mostly they were Slash pines.
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Tom...sounds like you had a good plan and lots of good lines, maybe we should all try to tie up to good ole slash pines! PJ...I said nothing disparaging about Hunters. In this day and age, I would think and hope any production boat could survive when as extensively prepared as Tom had his boat.
Tom...sounds like you had a good plan and lots of good lines, maybe we should all try to tie up to good ole slash pines! PJ...I said nothing disparaging about Hunters. In this day and age, I would think and hope any production boat could survive when as extensively prepared as Tom had his boat.
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Lots of boats can have 3 cleats per side
I have a C36 and with the Shaefer "track cleats" its easy to add one midships. So 8 lines are easily doable if you double up a few not counting the anchor line or possibly a few to the mast. I'm not suprised that the lines broke on a stock boat before the cleats ripped out, typically the internal heat and chaffing does in a line well before most cleats go. I know a few boats that survived the hurricanes that have gone through Florida recently and their biggest problem was not the lines nor the cleats holding but rather the hull getting rubbed and smashed incessantly on the dock. Worse yet if the docks going up over the pilings
I have a C36 and with the Shaefer "track cleats" its easy to add one midships. So 8 lines are easily doable if you double up a few not counting the anchor line or possibly a few to the mast. I'm not suprised that the lines broke on a stock boat before the cleats ripped out, typically the internal heat and chaffing does in a line well before most cleats go. I know a few boats that survived the hurricanes that have gone through Florida recently and their biggest problem was not the lines nor the cleats holding but rather the hull getting rubbed and smashed incessantly on the dock. Worse yet if the docks going up over the pilings
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