Glad you came out unscathed.  Here in the PNW  all we worry about is everything 
turning green in the winter. 


Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE DeviceDoug Mountjoy POYC Pegasus (for sale) Lf38 
Rebecca Leah LF39 
-------- Original message --------From: Bob Caughran via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 10/8/17  15:38  (GMT-08:00) To: 
cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Bob Caughran <rcaugh...@att.net> Subject: Re: 
Stus-List Gotta Love These Hurricanes 
Beemer survived the hurricane. With no damage other than covered with pine 
needles. Five boat were not removed from the marina. Three sailboats and two 
sport fishers. Two sailboat broke away from their slips. One ended up sunk 
against the sea wall, mast sticking straight up and headsail flailing in the 
wind. The other a 43' ketch also broke away from her slip and ended 3/4 miles 
away laying on her side on the beach.. A 10' gash at the waterline. The 
remaining boat appear unaffected. All will receive immediate eviction notices. 
The marina is closed. A meeting will be held by the city tomorrow morning to 
assess damage and determine when the marina will reopen officially. The 
commercial fishing boats were returning this afternoon to the commercial 
harbor. And I was told I could return to the marina tomorrow knowing there's no 
power and scattered debris everywhere. 
It helps when you know people. 
Bob CaughranBeemer 29mkllBiloxi

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On Oct 8, 2017, at 08:33, Bob Caughran via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
wrote:

Golden Nugget in Biloxi had four feet of water in lower level garage which mean 
marina docks were 6' minimum under water. Curfew till 9AM. Still waiting to 
hear how Beemer did. 

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On Oct 8, 2017, at 08:09, Edward Levert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
wrote:

I just checked the wind histories from New Orleans Lakefront airport, Gulfport 
Airport, Keesler AFB, Pascagoula airport, Mobile and Pensacola airports. The 
highest gust reading I saw overnight was 58 at Mobile. Currently a 3.3 
elevation in Lake Pontchartrain over normal tide. Only a very brief rain shower 
yesterday afternoon in New Orleans. I am sure our mayor has stopped sweating 
over failed drainage pumps.
Ed C&C 34 Briarpatch New Orleans LA
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 10:51 PM Jim Watts via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
wrote:
Good luck, you guys. You have had repeated beatings this year. 

Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC


On 7 October 2017 at 19:56, Bob Caughran via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
wrote:
Thanks Dennis. Just got word that there's 76 boats in the cove now including 
the biloxi schooners so I suspect we picked the right spot. Touché going to get 
rocked from the way it looks too. Fingers crossed for all boats. Should have 
word early tomorrow on Beemers fate. 
Bob CaughranBeemer, 29mkll

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On Oct 7, 2017, at 21:28, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

Bob, was wondering about Beemer.  Beemer is probably the most exposed boat on 
the list.  Hope it weathers the storm OK.  Let us know.
As I was driving to Pensacola I saw a couple of shrimpers up the Biloxi 
backwaters by one of the I-10 bridges.

Many marinas on the coast boot out their tenants.  As I was doing storm prep on 
Touche' Friday, a Catalina came into the slip next to me.  The regular tenant 
was hauled out.  The Catalina had just gotten booted from Palafox Pier, the 
most expensive, by far, marina in the Pensacola area.  Palafox Pier has 
floating piers but is directly on Pensacola Bay. The Catalina owner was not 
happy.
This is what happened to Palafox Pier after Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
http://www.pnj.com/story/weather/hurricanes/2015/09/15/hurricane-ivan-anniversary/72347546/

Palafox Pier has a LOT of big boats in it.  Where does one take a 60+ foot 
motoryacht when it's in the only marina with large slips within 20 miles?  Some 
boatyards offer pre-paid storm haul outs.  Or I guess one heads to The Wharf in 
Orange Beach.  That's a 25 mile run.
Fairly quiet here in Baton Rouge tonight.  Nate has made landfall on the Delta 
and will shortly make a second landfall on the Mississippi Coast.
Dennis C.Touche' 35-1 #83Mandeville, LA
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Bob Caughran via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
So here's how my last 3 days have gone. On Thursday a fellow sailor from my 
marina in Biloxi called to let me know they were considering closing the marina 
for Nate. I packed up my car and headed down to Biloxi yesterday morning. 
Sunshine, 82 degrees and 12-15 knots from the east. I arrive to find three 
sailing buddies prepping their boats and waiting for me to lead them to the 
hurricane hole none of us have been to before.

I add five gallons of fuel to Beemer, C&C29mkII, the harbor master helps us get 
off the docks and off we go at 1:30PM. It's a six to seven mile trek into 
biloxi bay and up the biloxi river.

Two miles into the excursion going under the I110 bridge, I hear a different 
sound from the exhaust. I look down behind and see no water coming from the 
exhaust. I turn on the autopilot and run down and check the front of the engine 
to find the belt and pully laying under the engine. The hub of the pully still 
on the water pump.

No overtemp alarm or light. Secondary cooling apparently keeping the temps from 
alarming. A mile later, bilge pump starts firing off. Back down to investigate. 
Hot water pressure release going off.

Time to power down and toss line to friends boat to continue under toe.

Now as I said earlier, none of us have ever been to these protected waters.  We 
find one cove and one sailboat attempts to enter. 20' 17' 5' turn around..  As 
we approach the I10 bridge (too low for us to go under) we spot a secluded cove 
with two sailboats inside. We go inside and 20' depths throughout. Three boats 
raft up setting three anchors. Lash to each other and seven lines going to 
trees ashore.

Although you never feel you're secure enough to leave her, we jump in the dink 
at 12:30AM and motor to the pick up point where one of the wives returns us to 
the marina to get our cars. Done and exhausted at 2AM.

This morning, get up, off to the chandlery, no pully. Ok. West marine, no pully 
but they suggest Tractor Supply Company. Sure enough they got it. Yeah.

Jump in car and haul butt up to Hattiesburg to hole myself up till Nate passes 
thru.

If the marina opens on Monday we will head back get the boats, if they're still 
floating, and head back to the marina.

Special note: if the marina call for evacuation and you do not evacuate, they 
will sink your boat in the slip.

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