Richard,
I anchored her out on Tuesday, 9/11. I was the only boat there at the
time. I've anchored my 35mk2 in that location many times. I like it
because no one else anchors there and there is enough deep water that if
it blows out I don't pound the bottom.
Two other boats later anchored out with me, a Catalina 25 and a Nonsuch.
Both of them blew on shore. The Catalina was retrieved before the waters
dropped and was re-anchored. No such luck for the Nonsuch (see pic).
I put out a delta 35lb on 200 ft or rode with new chafe guard. I put out
a 35lb CQR with 200ft of chain and snubber. When I found her, she had
drug .42 miles. Good thing I didn't have the spot tracker running or I
would have gone crazy. The delta was not holding and was wrapped up in a
ghost crabpot. The CQR was holding and the snubber had come unattached
and the chain spun the release on the windlass so that all the chain
plus 150ft of rode ran out. Good thing the rode was well attached to the
bow. It took about 15 minutes to get the CQR up with the windlass and
assistance from a powerboat. Next time I will use my 45lb danforth as
the secondary anchor. Lesson learned.
When I retrieved the boat the engine would just bump and not turn over.
I hand turned it back and it would stop at the same spot going forward.
Figured water may have entered it. I keep a head sail on board, so we
sailed her back in the slip. That was Monday 9/17. Still blowing, but
had help putting her in the slip. Motor is fine after getting the water
out and changing oil/filter. So, not a scratch on her!
Everyone that stayed at the Washington Country Club docks in Broad Creek
did fine. Figure that! I just can't leave a boat in the slip during high
water. Boats also came off their stands in the yards due to high water.
A lot of boats anchored in Broad Creek also went in the trees. I'll take
my chances out at anchor in the big water.
Here are a couple of pics:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v3Z3rHK-NMiGZEvN47q7LTNQ6hVHZgbi?usp=sharing
Mark
On 9/27/2018 9:45 AM, Richard Bush wrote:
Mark, that's an awesome story about Edge surviving Florence; do you
have any film footage of the boat before or after (possibly during)
the storm? what type of bottom did the anchor eventually catch on?
Were there other boats around? Thanks
Richard
s/v/ Bushmark4; 1985 C&C 37 CB; Ohio River, Mile 602.5
Richard N. Bush
2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine
Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462
502-584-7255
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Baldridge via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Mark Baldridge <jmbaldri...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 27, 2018 9:34 am
Subject: Re: Stus-List Rob - C&C long time question
1975 C&C 27 'Twain' for 12 years
1974 C&C 35 MkII 'The Edge' for 25 years
1989 C&C 37/40+ 'The Edge' for 1 1/2 years and current boat
BTW, 'The Edge' survived Florence just fine. She drug about half a
mile in the Pamlico river, but never ventured into shallow water.
Water entered though the exhaust and into the M35 cylinders. Glad I
left a sail inside so I could sail back to the slip. Pulled the glow
plugs, got the water out and after a couple of oil/filter changes is
running fine.
Mark Baldridge
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'89 C&C37/40+ "The Edge"
Surf City, NC
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