This is getting so old

[jotruk]

Well we are flooded yet again. It seems that if a drop of rain falls the corps of engineers duck and run and shut down the dam. we are at 6 foot above normal and going up.

[jotruk]

Well on top of not being able to get to the boat except with special permission I found out that after the big wind storm we had a couple of night with winds up to 75 mph my boat now has a lot of damage to the nose and in to the chain locker. Have insurance and they will be out Friday to inspect it. wonder what else will happen?

[Captain Smollett]

Sorry to hear about the additional flooding and wind damage woes.  Good luck with it.

Keep thoughts on that sweet moment when you do finally properly get wind in sails.

[CapnK]

Hate to hear that, know all to well the empty feeling of not being able to go help your boat when you know it needs it... :/

[Jim_ME]

Hoping that the insurance takes care of it and all will work out.

I am reminded of Joe's (Cyric30) misfortune with his boat being sunk by Hurricane Harvey awhile back--after he had just rebuilt the motor and transmission. When he got a replacement boat, he decided that getting one that was trailerable was something that would work better for him. He wasn't able to get to his boat, and [as I understand, correct me if I'm wrong, Joe] wanted to have the ability to haul it out when he wasn't there to look after it.

Life seems to be pushing me back down to smaller boats...to adapt that old saying..."be nice to small boats on your way up, because you may need them again on you way back down" may apply to me...?

One great feature of the small boats that I now have is that I can haul them out myself on a trailer if bad weather approaches and then relaunch later, at a very modest cost. Some trailer sail their boats so they are normally [relatively] safe in the yard when not being sailed. If there is a problem with one lake or bay, one may have the option to trailer to another one on each outing. I don't know whether this is something that would work for you, but will share the thought for what it may be worth...