Tides Inn is looking pretty lonely, the last boat in the marina as Hurricane Irene approaches. I stripped all the canvas and sails on Thursday, then Sue and I came down on Friday to anchor her out in the creek.
Finally anchored and ready for the big winds. I put a tandem anchor setup with Fortress 37 connected to a Delta 35 anchor via 40ft of chain, then connected to my nylon hurricane rode. Then put my standard Bruce 44 on 200ft of chain out at 45deg angle.
Hurricane Irene passed by on Sat with winds of only 45-55kts and gusts to 65kts at our location. Tides Inn did just fine. On Sun we returned to boat and retrieved all the hurricane anchors and repositioned to middle of creek. On Mon morning it was back to the slip and safely tucked in back home. Lot of work for just 65kts of wind, but better safe than sorry.
We'll be pulling the boat in Oct to paint bottom and get all shipshare for wintering in Bahamas again. Planning to head south shortly after Christmas...Brrr.... Fortunately, no hurricane damage to worry about repairing.
