CapnK and "Katie Marie"

[s/v Faith]

It is amazing how much confidence these little ships can inspire...

...even just sitting at the dock.   ;D

  What did the crew dogs think about all of this?

[CapnK]

CrewDogs were asleepin' in the car, far from the scene. :) I put them up there whenever we have stormy weather, so they can sleep dry, and in case it gets bad, like last night. Here's a couple of shots I took last night.

My dock. Or what used to be...


My finger pier at the t-head. You can see that it is displaced laterally a few feet. This is about 10 feet *less* than where it was at in the thick of things. Glad I tie my windsurfer to the dockbox! Didn't lose it, or any of the sails, because the wind flipped it over on top of them. Both my banana trees made it through. I just now realized that, among other things like fishing rods and tackle box, my fancy nice dock chair is missing - darn. Watched a lot of sunsets from that thing!


Forgot to add: we looked at the closest buoy report last night. At the time of the storm, the seas were something like 14ft with a 7.5sec period. Beyond square, rectangular even...

[s/v Faith]

WOW!  :o

  Man, I am glad the chair / poles are the only loss you had.  No mention of the boat that provoked Katie to attack it before.. I notice it does not appear in the picture...

  ... did your girl happen to have another go at her?  ;D  Might look for lines pointing straight down in the slip next door.  ;)

  It is one thing to say there was some rough wx in the slip... but those pictures are really something!

Glad you, the crew, and your little ship came though ok.

[CharlieJ]

Wow- that first pic is right where we were sitting those nights you consumed those bottles of rum  ::) ;) Right in front of where Tehani was moored!!!

Glad nothing but docks got smashed. Sorry about your deck chair too.

[Tim]

 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Ah man, I am glad it wasn't worse!

I'll bet you wish you had some hyped-up prior notice from the media, eh!

(Sorry Capt. Smollett I couldn't resist  ;D)

[CapnK]

Took these this evening. I think the decision has been made that instead of rebuilding, they are just going to amputate the last 100 feet or so of this dock. This includes the (in)famous D-dock Bar and Grill.

:'(

We may have only had one season, but at least we did it right!  ;D
{/me hoists a cold foamy to the memories...}

[Tim]

And another for the salty tears  :'(

[Captain Smollett]

We ended up not getting much wind (a few mid-30's gusts this morning), but mega rain.

Over 10" were recorded in some stations today.

My cockpit drains got plugged up sometime today, and I had to bail/pump for 5-10 minutes each hour.

Finally seems to have passed us...

Good luck on relocating the D Dock B&G, Kurt.

[Auspicious]

I'm out of dry socks.

[Frank]

Glad you, the crew dogs and Katie are OK. Sounds like a wild ride.     Hope things get back in shape soon for ya. Take care

[Capt. Tony]

Glad you're ok Capt.  Glad Molly and Buffett got the safe seats for the event and KM took it in stride.  Let us not over look the sparing of the banana trees.  There is a good yarn in your words just a waitin'.

[CapnK]

Katie now has the NEWEST of sailing innovations - the Reverse Open Cockpit!

[CapnK]

..and...

[s/v Faith]

 :P

Quick!

  Grab him men!  The good captain has gotten into some bad rum and is quite off his rocker!

Wow!

[Godot]

I'm not terribly shy about cutting into my boat (other marina dwellers think I'm nuts...but I'm a tinkerer by nature); but I think I would think really hard before doing that. Especially if she is still afloat. Good luck. I'm truly curious at the improvements that surgery is going to produce.

[CharlieJ]

A doggie door maybe? ;D ;D

[CapnK]

Oh, I've been pondering this one, lookin' and thinkin' on it prior to cuttin', for over a year now. I'm bringing the bridgedeck that much further aft, about 14", to accomplish 2 things:

• Decrease the amount of water the Ariel can/will hold in that ginormous footwell.
• Increase the width (the boats fore/aft dimension) of my aft athwartships berth directly below.

Additionally, you can see in pic 2 that the cockpit lockers are separated into distinct areas only by 2 pieces of pegboard which drop down vertically on the plane of the footwell walls. I am going to change the pegboard to a solid material, and make the space under the cockpit sole (an area about 2'x5'x1.5', or 15 cubic feet) accessible from the aft berth. Thus, should a sea board and fill the cockpit to the point of breaching the lockers, there is less space in them to hold water, less room for said water to move about (causing instability), and the area under the sole could also be made to act as a buoyancy chamber

[Jim_ME]

I was wondering how much the cockpit well would intrude into that space you had talked about using by going aft up to the cockpit locker openings. Now I see that it isn't going to be a problem. You will also reduce the volume of the well, which will be good for offshore sailing. Quite a bold modification.  :)

[Jim_ME]

A doggie door maybe? ;D ;D

LOL!  ;D

[CapnK]

A doggie door maybe? ;D ;D

Here's how long and how much I have pondered this mod: I have actually given that quite a bit of contemplation, to the point that I have not ruled one out, although it would be for fair weather use only.. :)