I got an email from Lloyd Lippe from this list (Landfall 39) last week; his boat was in south Texas before he went island hopping in the Bahamas. I was mentioning that he got out of Dodge just in time; but his boat is now laid up for the season in Florida. I hope he and all of you there (or wherever Irma decides to go) get through this in good shape.
— Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Sep 5, 2017, at 12:14 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > This annual hurricane watching is growing old. Been doing it too long. I > owned a beachfront condo in Gulf Shores, AL for years. Always a bit of angst > every couple years. > > Floating piers are really nice. Touche' is currently on a floating pier in > Bayou Chico in Pensacola. > > 30°24'25.40"N 87°15'20.37"W > > I'm guessing it's good for about Category 3 with about 12 foot tall pilings.. > However Hurricane Ivan in 2004 carried away a set of floating piers at > another Pensacola marina. I don't think their pilings were high enough. > > https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4849 > <https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4849> > > Touche's home slip is a really nice hurricane hole up Bayou Castine in > Mandeville, LA. Bayou is narrow and well off the lake so no wave action. > > 30°20'59.23"N 90° 3'14.33"W > > It weathered Hurricane Katrina with no problems at all. > > Prayers to all in Irma's path. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > mandeville, LA
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