idlerboat 116 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Setting up for a hit on the Whitsundays... http://satview.bom.gov.au/ Centre very close to one of the main coal carrier exits , through the great barrier reef. Hydrographers Passage. 19,50,06 150.21.65 Mackay now on storm surge emergency evacuation. The area already has one of the highest tide ranges in Australia and a storm surge of over two metres is possible. Debbie keeps bearing more south than expected and is now causing possible headaches for places like Hamilton island. Airport already had 60 knots gusts. The marina is just the other side of the rise from the airport and has a very low sea wall.. Go to http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/?loc=QLD_FA001 zoom in on STC Debbie... Turn off rain radar if you want a clearer track forecast. or go to http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml This may have significant impacts on the commercial and private maritime industries in the area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 wow, gusting over 100 knots at Hamo !!!!! at 8:15 this morning it was 97 knots gusting to 120 holy shite! Check out these live obs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
idlerboat 116 Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Now gusting 142 knots with 99 knots constant.... I may not have a boat to go back to work on... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 142!! Bloody hell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Ot this message from an aussie mate: "A mate just text me to say that boats with bare poles are loosing their rigs in the anchorage.... braking moorings and basically the sh*t is really going down in Airlie Beach at the moment..." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Airlie beach cops it everytime! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,239 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 IB I hope you're boat is both insured, and ok. The brief clips on our news if the boats looked pretty bad. 150 knot gusts is serious indeed. More than I've ever seen, - or want to! Good luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
idlerboat 116 Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Thanks IT... I am on my own boat down in Tassie after a years travel but the boat at Hamo is my job. Its a large rather nice timber ketch that I skipper. The marina told me they were putting extra lines on her, but she weighs 36 tonnes plus.... .... cant get on to the marina yet to find out if she is ok... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Any news yet ib? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 And you guys thought I was joking when I said Sharknado was in fact a valuable Civil Defence instructional documentary..... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11829000 And then there is Sharknado 2, all about what do do when your airline pilot gets eaten by a shark mid-flight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
idlerboat 116 Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Still no news..... We cant get a call into the Marina... it was just ringing twice and stopping...now there is a recorded msg saying disconnected.. Planes flying out but nothing allowed in.. (removing the 3000 or so people that were stranded on Hamilton and surrounding islands).. The emergency has now increased with massive floods in southern QLD and northern NSW... ..... I cant do much as I am just about to cross Bass Strait... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
idlerboat 116 Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 .....just got a brief msg that she is still afloat.... as long as the bilge pumps are working all else can be sorted...phew.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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