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HG02 said..

Donk107 said..
Hi all

We have been lucky down here at the bottom of Tassie with just a little bit of wind and rain

The footage of the marina washing away in Devonport was shocking & my thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have been affected in Tassie and on the mainland

Regards Don

www.themercury.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes
looks reasonably bad there Donk

Hi HG

It is a mess up north where all the photo's on the link you posted are taken but down here in the south we haven't had much at all

Regards Don

The south got a lot of rain about three weeks ago.
And a fair bit of wind.
Spent a week waiting to get around to port Davey, we gave up and will try next month.
Only good window was followed by a week of fronts anyway.

i finaly found your yacht in there Aus! What a mess! I hope you have been reimbursed for your utube i see channel 9 got hold of it.
im guessing most boats where still tied to pontoons as they travelled down the river? I thought I could see someone on a yacht did he have a sharp knife?

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lydia said..
The south got a lot of rain about three weeks ago.
And a fair bit of wind.
Spent a week waiting to get around to port Davey, we gave up and will try next month.
Only good window was followed by a week of fronts anyway.

Hi Lydia

You sound like you are local

If you don't mind me asking where do you sail out of

Regards Don

Live part time in Dover, power boat at Kermandie and sailboat in Cygnet.
You sail with Jeff sometimes I think?

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lydia said..
Live part time in Dover, power boat at Kermandie and sailboat in Cygnet.
You sail with Jeff sometimes I think?

That me

I sail with Jeff in all the races except for the Sunday ones when i go to church

If i have got the right person you built Micks Elliott ?

Regards Don

You got the right guy.
The week the Huon flooded was the week we went to go around.
We need the highs to come down a bit and block the lows but that has not happened this winter yet.
We will see.

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lydia said..
You got the right guy.
The week the Huon flooded was the week we went to go around.
We need the highs to come down a bit and block the lows but that has not happened this winter yet.
We will see.

Wrong time of year to see the highs drop down to block the lows Lydia but you might get lucky.

Often in early winter you get a big high sit down south and that was what we were looking for as it is really still but cold, but agree with comment generally.

I'll find out tomorrow or Friday when I get up to Pittwater. Nobody has called and she is reasonably protected from a nor'easter. It will have been a good test of some of my waterproofing efforts.

Glad you got your boat back Aus, the rest is just hard work and money, although the insurance companies are probably going to be busy trying to figure out who eventually pays, I feel an insurance premium hike coming on.

Had a look at pictures of Launceston's seaport last night and there was about 6 ft to go before the marina pontoons would float abouve the piles holding them. I'm wondering if there was that sort of rise overnight. As it was the seafood resteraunt there looked like was flooding. I was in Devenport a few months ago for a trip on the ferry and wondering how it would go in a flood. You certainly couldn't turn the ferry around in the turning basin under these conditions so she will be stuck there till things settle down. Had a good look at Ulverston as well and wonder how its going there? So sad to see all those boars go. It would be good to hear of how they fared, hopefully not too much loss.

I was pretty lucky - had only just popped on a solar panel to keep the battery for the auto bilge topped up.

Didn't double check all of the ties that the crew did up last time we were out, so the cockpit cover was blown off (still hanging on by the side I tied down ). But that plucky little bilge pump earnt its keep, so everything stayed afloat. The panel kept everything charged up enough that even after all that work, the battery was only down to 12.7v. Not bad for an eBay cheapy!

just got back to work here in Invermay. We were evacuated yesterday arvo and looking at the flood levee right near work we aould of had a foot of water coming over the normal bank of they didn't put the gate in, which would of meant my office would of been 6ft under water!!

Hightest level of the river has passed but the tide is coming in now so we'll see

Aslo just told that one of the concrete panels in the levee is bubbling and if it breaks we'll be under 2ft of water in 6 minutes!!!

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Guitz said..

That's an amazing pic and very scary!

MB had 10 litres of rain water in the bilge. To be expected.
The UV strip on the heady is damaged so it must have been blowing. The sail was well furled and secure but the stitching on the strip came apart.
I'll be getting her rerigged soon so a heady overhaul can be done in parallel.

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southace said..

Guitz said..

That's an amazing pic and very scary!

That guy must be a whitewater kayaker!

There was 2 ft at the max level last night at seaport. They were considering ways to extend the piles for high tide today. Mind you they were discussing that at 10 this morning and leaving the run a bit late I thought. High didn't breach it by the sounds though. I think a couple of boats were lost in front of Tamar marine though.

I guess it would be hard to get back onto a mooring in those conditions.....being a liveaboard I would just keep going out to sea and find a sheltered bay to drop the pick ayway from the carnige. Still waiting to hear from Aus no doubt he's been busy.

It makes you wonder whether you are better off being in a marina or on a swing mooring in these sort of conditions but i suppose there are a lot of variables

Regards Don

Very good question don.
I think it all depends on where either are located?

I liked the idea of cutting free and drifting out as a solution.

I hope some research is done... its in everyone's interest to avoid losing a boat.

Really hope everyone can recover their boat and repair it

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Guitz said...

Heart breaking

A call at 7 this morning woke me up quick smart!
A mate of mine rang, my boat is knocking with a huge (45-50ft) mooring minder. Oooohhhh!

I was there in 40 minutes on the bike and _ lucky me _ no visible damage. Otherwise no problems. I am counting my stars on the boat tonight waiting for the morning ebb.

Wish everybody was as lucky as l was! Sofar.

My mooring was serviced on the 20th. Did they drift with the current??
Did my mooring dragged?? The chartplotter showed no movement. What the heck is going on?

I get my mooring lifted and serviced every 12 to 18 months and i am fairly confident i will not fail in a blow (it has seen 75+ knots that lasted for about 15 mins and didn't drag) but a few months ago a boat that sits on a mooring and doesn't ever seem to move broke away from it's mooring and drifted from one end of the bay to the other before being washed up on the shore without collecting anything else along the way

This is what his mooring chain looked like and i wonder how many others are in the same condition

Regards Don

well what a hectic week.
The port is now open again the yacht cub looks naked and my poor boat has been thru the ringer but at least i have her, last count is 8 boats gone sunk or lost or holed too far up a isolated beach to get. Many boats with holes awaiting insurance assessors some boats not insured as far as i can tell the yacht club will not be paying for any of the boats it was a requirement to have your own insurance to berth there.
My boat was tied up at the courtesy berth 70m down stream from main marina i watched as the main marina started to collapse and saw the carnage i was in shock there were people on their boats as the marina collapsed i was worried for them the force of the river was unbelievable like a fast truck ripping by.
I ran from the main marina to see the fate of my boat and was relieved they missed her as they passed i was watching the stern of a masters 34 moored upstream on my berth the force of the water now the marina was gone was now greater i watched as the water went over the top of her stern and sunk her in the rear end then she roared up out of the water and mounted my boat busting the lines and now cry havoc was adrift with this cruiser over the top of her in the rear starboard quarter some how it managed to slide all the way down my boat before dropping off and sinking, cry havoc is now adrift heading towards a pillon in the river bang takes that out heads out to sea to the side of the 5ft surf in the river mouth i loose sight of her as it gets dark.
Up and out the door at first light 10am find her on a rocky beach 6 mates and a pilot boat from the tamar and we get her off on the high tide 3.30 she is towed to the spirit no3 berth bio hazard restricted area cant get to see her day over.
Wed morning get out on rescue boat for a look at her she is taking on water but pump is working damage wow this is one tough boat the damage i can see is no steering rudder flops around and is missing a corner all safety rail is missing or bent, 1 winch smashed many large gouges in the hull,port side is like a needle gun has attacked her large crack in side where cabin meets deck and runs down the side of the hull about 450mm dodger totalled rig is all loose like it has been streched inside surface mess timber bulkhead to v berth with 150mm corner compressed and cracked everthing is wet everthing that was loose is scattered all over cant find the keys an electrician has set up a generator and goes out to her by boat to refuel to keep batteries alive am waiting for cradle to get her out for insurance assessor.

Tough boat! sorry you have been through this no doubt someone else is in a worse situation. i have a good family friend I should be able to speed up the insurance quotes with? Pm message me if interested.. Going by the quick look of the bulkhead It doesn't t look the best! Hope it all goes well for you!

Hi Aus I watched video of marina drifting up the Mersey in disbelief! Thankfully we got Soliloque out of Tamar basin and back to York Cove two weeks prior to the downpour. Glad you have her back, looks like you have your work cut out to have her ready for the summer. Hope you don't have insurance company issues they are great at taking our premiums but not always to friendly at claim time.
All the best!