Having purchased a new (to me) boat, I'm planning to put it at South Shore Marina at Lake Pontchartrain. A condition of insurance is that I detail a Hurricane Plan (timely) and some information regarding absentee ownership. Does anyone else have plans regarding hurricanes and Lake Ponchartrain? Now would be a good time to review them. Are there people or companies in NO that take care of boats for absentee owners? Thanks for your help. Dale
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Scott Blahnik
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I've got my boat on the north shore of Lake pontchartrain. My insurance didn't require such a plan, and it was reasonable. I got it through West marine. That tropical storm Isadore just blew through here, and in fact I just got back from checking out the boat.The entire Marina is under water, and it looks like a bunch of boats mooring rather than dockside! No problems, though. I just had to adjust the lines a little to allow for further tidal flooding, and I'll have to go back later when it recedes. I don't know of any service that would check on absentee slip owners per se, but I'm sure South Shore marina has people on hand to offer such services, right there at the marina. If nothing else, you'll meet somebody at a neighboring slip to keep an eye out for you, or even some of the live-aboards. The folks down here are genuinely friendly. Good Luck, Scott S/V Hello Dolly
I've got my boat on the north shore of Lake pontchartrain. My insurance didn't require such a plan, and it was reasonable. I got it through West marine. That tropical storm Isadore just blew through here, and in fact I just got back from checking out the boat.The entire Marina is under water, and it looks like a bunch of boats mooring rather than dockside! No problems, though. I just had to adjust the lines a little to allow for further tidal flooding, and I'll have to go back later when it recedes. I don't know of any service that would check on absentee slip owners per se, but I'm sure South Shore marina has people on hand to offer such services, right there at the marina. If nothing else, you'll meet somebody at a neighboring slip to keep an eye out for you, or even some of the live-aboards. The folks down here are genuinely friendly. Good Luck, Scott S/V Hello Dolly
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Jim Logan
My boat is at South Shore Marina
I have a H33 at SS Marina- I've been there for 4 years - we have to keep 300k of liability insurance for the Orleans Levee Board regulations - I have my insurance through West Marine (St. Paul) - seems reasonable. My Hurricane plan is tie up the boat to allow for 3-7 feet of tide, then leave - your boat at SS will be behind a flood wall, so you can;t get to it after New Orleans hurrican leveees are closed - I'll probably check on mine Saturday - There are some people who do regular maintenance on boats in the marina whom I am sure you could engage to look at your boat - or as the other writer said, people are friendly there - someone will check your boat for you if you can make it easy for them to do. I can give you the name of the guy that changes my zincs and scrubs the bottom for me, he would probably do it if you and he could agree
I have a H33 at SS Marina- I've been there for 4 years - we have to keep 300k of liability insurance for the Orleans Levee Board regulations - I have my insurance through West Marine (St. Paul) - seems reasonable. My Hurricane plan is tie up the boat to allow for 3-7 feet of tide, then leave - your boat at SS will be behind a flood wall, so you can;t get to it after New Orleans hurrican leveees are closed - I'll probably check on mine Saturday - There are some people who do regular maintenance on boats in the marina whom I am sure you could engage to look at your boat - or as the other writer said, people are friendly there - someone will check your boat for you if you can make it easy for them to do. I can give you the name of the guy that changes my zincs and scrubs the bottom for me, he would probably do it if you and he could agree
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rculotta
H33 at SSHarbor - me too.
I have my '80 H33 at SouthShore as well. I was a little frustrated that we weren't allowed to get to the boats even after the flood gate was opened. I did a wide detour from the Bally's overflow lot around the back of the Orleans Levee Board guard to get to the boat yesterday evening. There are guards who watch the boats, and the lease requires you to list emergency contacts, who will presumably be contacted if there is a problem with your boat. I often sleep out on my boat, and the guards do patrol the docks 24/7. Nevertheless, on dock 7, a 30 ft. motor boat went down. They were trying to refloat it today. I don't know if the docklines were too tight or if there was no auto bilge pump working. (The power was cut off when the tidal surge exceeded the height of the Entergy boxes.)
I have my '80 H33 at SouthShore as well. I was a little frustrated that we weren't allowed to get to the boats even after the flood gate was opened. I did a wide detour from the Bally's overflow lot around the back of the Orleans Levee Board guard to get to the boat yesterday evening. There are guards who watch the boats, and the lease requires you to list emergency contacts, who will presumably be contacted if there is a problem with your boat. I often sleep out on my boat, and the guards do patrol the docks 24/7. Nevertheless, on dock 7, a 30 ft. motor boat went down. They were trying to refloat it today. I don't know if the docklines were too tight or if there was no auto bilge pump working. (The power was cut off when the tidal surge exceeded the height of the Entergy boxes.)
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Dale Wilson
Not there yet
I've just purchsed a 98' H450. I'm not exactly sure the dock location, but it will be on the far East dock (close to Bally's) and almost to the end. The boat is currently in Houston and I plan to sail it over in December or January. Depends on weather, schedule, how comfortable I feel with the boat, etc. I'm pretty excited and looking forward to this, but a lot of it is new to me since most of my sailing has been on a lake in KS.
I've just purchsed a 98' H450. I'm not exactly sure the dock location, but it will be on the far East dock (close to Bally's) and almost to the end. The boat is currently in Houston and I plan to sail it over in December or January. Depends on weather, schedule, how comfortable I feel with the boat, etc. I'm pretty excited and looking forward to this, but a lot of it is new to me since most of my sailing has been on a lake in KS.
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Jim Logan
For Dale Wilson re SS Harbor
Dale: I've been at ss harbor for a number of years - when we have bad storms (like Georges in 1998), the water can get over the breakwater and the boats on the ends of the piers closest to the lake seem to take much more damage - most of the sunken boats during Georges were toward the ends of the piers, the water got up, the boats rode over the pier pilings, the wave action pounded the bottoms out of the boats - it is important to be tied correctly for 6-8 feet of water rise - ask one of the long term marina residents how to tie for our usual storm conditions - of course, in a catagory 3 or above, luck will be all that will keep it afloat.
Dale: I've been at ss harbor for a number of years - when we have bad storms (like Georges in 1998), the water can get over the breakwater and the boats on the ends of the piers closest to the lake seem to take much more damage - most of the sunken boats during Georges were toward the ends of the piers, the water got up, the boats rode over the pier pilings, the wave action pounded the bottoms out of the boats - it is important to be tied correctly for 6-8 feet of water rise - ask one of the long term marina residents how to tie for our usual storm conditions - of course, in a catagory 3 or above, luck will be all that will keep it afloat.
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