eruptn 95 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Hi What level of preparation is needed for the next 2 days? Boats on a marina berth ..... Lash off mainsail, extra Spring lines ? What are people doing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Hopefully most of this stuff is done but this is what I have just done. Tie down everything that can't be put away, fold down bimi covers and dodger unless it's sturdy, clip off halyards away from the mast, put a couple of extra ties around your sail cover. Double up lines put fenders on finger side of dock. Put some chafe protection on any lines subject to chafe. Put outboard away inside If you have a headsail on a furler I would be removing it. I am sure there is plenty more you can do a lot depends on how your boat is set up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 512 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Popped over to whitianga today and took our caravan awning down, mainsail off the boom and extra lines on the Dragon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,589 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Bimini down. Extra lines. No loose crap on deck. Might put an extra lashing on the sails. What forecast is you using. I am getting differing opinions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Got stuck in the office tonight and just got home. Will paddle out in the morning to double check the lines, lash main a bit tighter, close hatches. Wife tells me I'm taking S2 to doctor at 0830hrs so will be before dawn. Oh not on a marina. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Be careful out there Ants, we don't need statistics on this site! Especially before dawn. I checked my mooring and rewired all the shackles about 3 weeks back, plus have two lines to the bow. I'm not too worried about my mooring letting go, I just hope my boat doesn't get blown over. I wonder whether all my little covers will still be there Friday morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Mate - i paddle to and from the boat at night more often than during the day! But i hear ya. Some of the best paddles I've done are in the river under a full moon! My biggest fear is Will - the big old IOR - letting go - it's really sad to see the state of that now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 It's not the dark, it's the 165km winds I'm thinking of. Yeah, I'd be worried about that one too. I'm a little concerned about some of the POS's floating around in Little Shoal, but I think I'm far enough east to be safe. In the last storm, with 40 odd knots NE, my boat was sat there becalmed, while the next row out were blowing all around. I thanked my stars then!! I think this year has been a bit odd, all the big winds seem to have been from the Northern side, and hardly any SW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addem 95 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Done all that plus tightened the runners to steady the top mast. I'm more concerned about the boat heeling over and clipping the Grand Banks trawler beside us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Went out to boat tonight, took off cockpit covers, put rudders down below, extra rope around mainsail cover, doubled up mooring lines on front beam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
idlerboat 116 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 yep....do it all....just flew in to Hamilton island....what a mess... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 154 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Recent weather forecast - http://www.metservice.com/warnings/severe-weather-warnings Yup, tie it all down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 512 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Yep Auckland is going to miss most of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Yeh - too shitty at 0530 to go out so will have to chance it. Quite pleasant when i left the house but now sitting in a Dr's surgery. The forecast suggests the boat will be fine! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I went out to the boat yesterday afternoon, in the passing rain, fitted another mooring bridle, took off the furler, removed the lazy jacks and strapped the mainsail to the boom with a sh*t ton of webbing sail ties. Took off all the cockpit covers, rudder blades, and anything else that could be removed, strapped all the halyards up etc etc and finished everything at the very moment the rain stopped. Looking at the track of this thing I think we will get spared the brunt but we will still get a few hours worth of it, hopefully coinciding with the low tide. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 512 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 It's missing Great Barrier. Whangamata south is going to take a hit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 000 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 It's missing Great Barrier. Whangamata south is going to take a hit Darn! Why did you have to tell me that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Yep looks like we will cop it in the Bay of Plenty, right in the the dangerous quadrant. One of the predictwind models showing 60 gusting 80 at 4p.m. At least the swell height has gone down from 8 to 6 meters. The high tide a 9 o'clock will make things interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 just back from checking okahu bay mooring am only exposed NW + N so hoping will be ok unless that mast-less mussel farm north of me called "breakaway" does Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,589 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Bit of a non event here. Sun's even trying to break out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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