Good luck Dennis, I hope everything will be OK. I am off the rig now, waiting for snow in Alberta :-)
Cheers, Bill Bill Hoyne Mithrandir ’74 C&C35 MkII in Victoria,BC > On Oct 4, 2017, at 2:50 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Looks like TD16 will become a Cat 1 huricane before it makes landfall on the > Florida Panhandle then heads towards the Chesapeake. This is getting > annoying. > > Touche's slip in Mandeville, LA is a fixed pier. It has been submerged for a > couple days now from that system that was around northeastern Florida last > week. Strong easterly winds for days pushes water into Lake Pontchartrain > through The Rigolets. My dock box probably has several inches of water in > it. I keep everything in tubs so unless the water gets 2 feet or so over the > dock, everything is OK. Pain in the butt to go pull everything out, mop it > out and let it dry. I usually set up a folding chair and drink a beer or two. > > The other issue is the mud on the dock. If one of the boat owners doesn't > get down there while the mud is still wet and hose it off, it's a pain in the > butt to wash the dock boards after the mud dries. > > Anyway, Touche' is still in Pensacola on a floating pier. If I go over to do > storm prep (remove sails and canvas), I may have to stop by Mandeville and > wade through the marina to get storm dock lines out of my dock box. Always > fun with the snakes, fire ants and gators. :( > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. > October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small > contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send contribution > -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All contributions are greatly appreciated!
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