One yachtie will be thankful for marine rescue at Bribie today.
Two aground .
www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-24/south-east-queensland-beaches-closed-as-ex-cyclone-oma-departs/10844006
This was on Saturday, quite a few boats dragged anchor in the duck pond. Wonder how it would of turned out if cyclone did hit www.facebook.com/coastguardmooloolabaQF6/videos/349131539267495/?t=87
Yes it certainly begs the question, what will happen when a cyclone makes land fall SEQ or northern NSW ?
The anchorage in Iluka was sparsely populated so plenty of swing room. One boat chewed through its anchor rope and instead of washing up on the beach she reached under bare poles, unmanned,out the hole in the wall into main channel retrieved by marine rescue. Maritime put a motor cruiser on a mooring after it broke free of its own and I also spotted them skull dragging a house boat back into Yamba. Not bad as it didn't gust over 40kts
Select to expand quotewoko said..
Yes it certainly begs the question, what will happen when a cyclone makes land fall SEQ or northern NSW ?
The anchorage in Iluka was sparsely populated so plenty of swing room. One boat chewed through its anchor rope and instead of washing up on the beach she reached under bare poles, unmanned,out the hole in the wall into main channel retrieved by marine rescue. Maritime put a motor cruiser on a mooring after it broke free of its own and I also spotted them skull dragging a house boat back into Yamba. Not bad as it didn't gust over 40kts
I took the prudent step of pulling my boat off its mooring at iluka and it is safely in Yamba Marina. If I cant be on the boat for a blow, I feel this is justified - just in case...
I was feeling a bit cheated as I had pulled the headsail off the furler, and trussed up the boom bag, then double lined the bow and stern lines, cancelled our planned sailing and then we hardly got any serious wind at all, maybe 30 odd knots?
Reading some of the above, I feel a bit better now!
Select to expand quotesantanasaga said..woko said..
Yes it certainly begs the question, what will happen when a cyclone makes land fall SEQ or northern NSW ?
The anchorage in Iluka was sparsely populated so plenty of swing room. One boat chewed through its anchor rope and instead of washing up on the beach she reached under bare poles, unmanned,out the hole in the wall into main channel retrieved by marine rescue. Maritime put a motor cruiser on a mooring after it broke free of its own and I also spotted them skull dragging a house boat back into Yamba. Not bad as it didn't gust over 40kts
I took the prudent step of pulling my boat off its mooring at iluka and it is safely in Yamba Marina. If I cant be on the boat for a blow, I feel this is justified - just in case...
Hi Santana, smart move Yamba marina is nicely tucked in. The blow didn't have the intensity of those storms last new year. I did have my eye on the empty trawler pens if things took a turn for the worst
