San Diego Storm Prep

[socalrider]

Careful out there folks.  We've got a southerly on the way, with sustained winds of over 15 knots, gusting up to 25.  Dogs will be blown off chains.  Apparently water will fall from the sky.  As a conscientious mariner I took the unprecedented step of removing the stand-up paddleboard from my foredeck and stowing it in my cabin.  I also made sure that I had remembered to fasten my vessel to the dock with lines.  I suggest you all take similar precautions.  

Stay safe!

 

 

[Somebody Else]

So... single reef for the tender boats.

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

over 15 knots, gusting up to 25.

jeez,  that's when we like to go out , after that  10 - 15 get s boring..

 

[A guy in the Chesapeake]

So, the road to DelMar will be wet?  

 

[Rum Runner]

Not much sympathy for you guys in So Cal. A little wind and rain.  Spend a freezing winter in the Midwest and learn what misery is.

 

[socalrider]

jeez,  that's when we like to go out , after that  10 - 15 get s boring..

You mean *sailing*?  Many of us are staying home from work today because it's unsafe to *drive*.  

Seriously, the restaurants and bars will be empty this evening.  It's been a while but I'm from upstate NY so know what misery is.  I always find SD "winter" hilarious.  

 

[Editor]

You guys have no idea how gnarly those conditions are. I had to make sure the cover on A4 was snugged down tight while battling through 60 degree weather and intermittent sunshine.The horror...

 

[socalrider]

You guys have no idea how gnarly those conditions are. I had to make sure the cover on A4 was snugged down tight while battling through 57 degree weather and intermittent sunshine.The horror...

Stay safe!  Those docks can get slippery when it rains.  I had to close the portlight in my head compartment for the first time since April.  So that was tough.  

 

[Editor]

Dude, did you do all of that on your own? Amazing!

 

[Al Paca]

Stay safe!  Those docks can get slippery when it rains.  I had to close the portlight in my head compartment for the first time since April.  So that was tough.  

I'd think about moving the boat deep into the mangroves. And flood the bilges. 

 

[Topmast]

Yes the wind sucks, but you can sail all year round and on most days in a tee shirt... We live for the few days of more than 5 knots...

 

[PHM]

I completed my winterization last Sunday (added the extra spring line)—it was especially taxing after a grueling sail in 0-5 kts of wind and 80F+ temps. We even healed a little bit for about a minute and briefly considered reefing...

 

[psycho tiller]

California Strong!

 

 

[P_Wop]

I think it may be time to upgrade your dock lines from those tatty old 1/4" things.  Perhaps some 3/8"?  And a couple of fenders, one each side, might be a nice touch.  Don't forget to tie one onto the cabin top in case a charter catamaran gets airborne, inverts and lands on your boat.  Without that extra fender, you might get a scratch.

 

[Shu]

My dock neighbor does not maintain his boat. He never takes it out. I think he uses it to sleep on when he is in the area. This last winter I found his bow riding on the front end of his slip; the starboard dockline had chafed through at the dock cleat and was hanging from his bow in the water.  I had spare dock line that I substituted for the parted one, but I left the parted one dangling in the water to alert him that he may want to look at his other docklines and maybe replace them too.  He is very private, so even when he is aboard, we rarely see him.  That dockline hung in the water for several months until it had a submarine forest growing on it. Finally, someone removed it and left it on the dock, along with all the smelly rotting marine growth. Yup, time to upgrade those tatty docklines.

 

[jesposito]

Careful out there folks.  We've got a southerly on the way, with sustained winds of over 15 knots, gusting up to 25.  Dogs will be blown off chains.  Apparently water will fall from the sky.  As a conscientious mariner I took the unprecedented step of removing the stand-up paddleboard from my foredeck and stowing it in my cabin.  I also made sure that I had remembered to fasten my vessel to the dock with lines.  I suggest you all take similar precautions.  

Stay safe!

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[bodega87]

Not much sympathy for you guys in So Cal. A little wind and rain.  Spend a freezing winter in the Midwest and learn what misery is.

I bet you give out black licorice on halloween. 

 

[fyschebone]

Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song about this.

 

[Shu]

Gordon Lightfoot wrote a song about this.

...when the breezes of November come early...