Ed 143 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 KEITH Lidguard?????????????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 397 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Kevins slimmer well dressed corporate brother Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Went to check our boat yesterday morning. Was just bloody lucky in that it went through about 4 berths away. Hard to describe the damage. Spoke to a guy who was onboard his yacht at the time and also just on the edge of it. Sounds like it was mayhem and thanks to him and the staff many boats were retrieved and tied back up. Seeing relatively new mooring cleats ripped out of the marina is pretty eye opening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 355 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 All the more reason to allow liveaboards 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 96 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Yep, although the marina is probably more inclined to use it as justification to not have them "it's too dangerous"... Friends with a 43 foot cat had the pier lifted up and dropped on the back of their boat! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BNG 44 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 All the more reason to allow liveaboards Sage advise. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 96 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Multihulls should also use there anchors to keep the bow down to counter act some of the force. Reverse in like Med berthing, anchor on the side mid pole section opposite finger side.also when such extreme forecasts are given. If there was a forecast of well over 100 knots for Monday night I certainly missed it. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Yep, that was bad luck. That's all IMO. On the TV they showed the snapped bow lines. Looked like 20 + mm multi braided poly - that black stuff that's quite common. Should have been sufficient, but also snapped the mooring poles in several places... I reckon that micro-burst could have been 150 knots. Sometimes there is just not much you can do. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 I live less than 1km from our berth and heard absolutely nothing that night. To then see the outcome and those video stills shows just how localized it really was Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twisty 164 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 My boat is 50 metres from the floating dock and even the tired old bungy cord on the cockpit cover isn't broken. Consider myself VERY lucky ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terry B 70 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Very lucky - especially with a name like 'Twisty'........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Video is now up: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1mofa0QNFi8&feature=youtu.be Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ex Machina 365 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Nothing you would normally do would’ve stopped that cat leaving the water 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 That is truly incredible! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkside 61 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 See the lights coming on on the big powerboat as the crew wake up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Great video, hell of a gust! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 That ferry coming in was waaaay lucky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 291 Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 The wind power needed to flip that cat without any chance of a sea to build up - just a freak show, just WOW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
k88 7 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 How much force or wind is needed to flaten a super yacht with bare pole? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ex Machina 365 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I’ve been up a mast on a 120ft boat on bombie watch in the tuamotus’s , Barepoles and got hit by a squall was 5 knots before the squall and maybe 45-50 during the squall which lasted about 2 mins . Both my hearing aids got blown out of my ears , boat heeled about 30 degrees and that was a big rig approx 160ft . The boat in the vid looks like the spreaders pretty much hit the water and it broke the dock lines by the sounds so must of been next level in terms of wind speed to do that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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