Comments on: Too Bad About the Fish

By: Laura Domela

Laura Domela — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:52:00 +0000

In reply to Connie Bentley. Awwww, you guys are so sweet! Looking forward to seeing you in Friday Harbor!

By: Connie Bentley

Connie Bentley — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:02:00 +0000

Hi L&K, We can surely relate to this story. One thing leads to another any time you’re hauled. BTW, we had a great fishing adventure at the end of the summer so, when we get to FH in a couple of weeks, we have some lovely fish for you! C&C

By: Laura Domela

Laura Domela — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:01:00 +0000

In reply to Casey Adams. The guys at Cap Sante are fantastic, and the work they did was top notch. Mistakes happen. In the big scheme of things, this is not a big deal.

By: Laura Domela

Laura Domela — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:00:00 +0000

In reply to Casey Adams. We haul every year as well. And yes, we know about the sunset dinner. :)

By: Laura Domela

Laura Domela — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:59:00 +0000

In reply to GMertl. I hope your story will be shorter too, Gary!! :)

By: Laura Domela

Laura Domela — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:58:00 +0000

In reply to Julie Smith. The stink is long gone. (Kevin was so brave to take care of that mess!) Oh well. We'll catch more fish. :)

By: Laura Domela

Laura Domela — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:57:00 +0000

In reply to Brenda king. Yeah, Airship DOES look fab!! We'll be bopping around the San Juans, spending Thanksgiving at Friday Harbor again this year, and we might head up to Princess Louisa in December! Only weather will tell!

By: Laura Domela

Laura Domela — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:56:00 +0000

In reply to Jerry Kimball. Well, mistakes happen. Not much good being unhappy. :)

By: Casey Adams

Casey Adams — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:40:00 +0000

In reply to Casey Adams. oh btw, here's an important tip I just remembered. One of the benefits of being a regular customer at Cap Sante Boatyard is that during these bad storms they send the yard guys around to check on customer's boats at no charge. I was there one time when they came by and we chatted for a while about the kinds of problems they see. I had one of those black rubber snubbers. They said that most of the time when they see a line parted it's due to one of those things. For whatever reason (chaffing perhaps?) they tend to cause lines to fail. So, I promptly got rid of mine! After nearly 20 years I've gotten the storm prep down to a pretty fine science. I've learned a lot of things, many of them the hard way. If anyone is interested I'd be happy to share my storm prep tips.

By: Casey Adams

Casey Adams — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:32:00 +0000

In reply to Laura Domela. Btw, I was up at my boat on P dock during that "storm of the century". It was nowhere near as bad as the storm last august where 4 boats ended up on the breakwater and one of them, ironically named Titanic, sunk. Still it was a pretty good one. When I'm there during storms I sort of patrol the docks looking for problems and try to help when I can. This time two different boats on P dock snapped stern lines and ended up getting set down on the boat downwind of them. With the help of two security guys we were able to secure them and minimize damage. I'm always amazed at how poorly prepared for the strong SE winter storms most of the boats in the marina are and there seems to be a fair amount of damage with every storm. Lines break, fenders pop, canvas flies, dingy in the water bangs against the hull, jibs come loose and get shredded, etc, etc. Storm lines and extra fenders would have prevented most of the problems I've seen over the years.