2012-11-18; 07:18:33 EST
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Ben, Glad you found her. I imagine the boat yards in your area will be busy for the next six months or possibly longer. Rummy In a message dated 11/17/2012 9:01:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, bencittadino at gmail.com writes: mail.google.com-1.jpg mail.google.com-3.jpg mail.google.com-4.jpg mail.google.com-5.jpg mail.google.com.jpg I tried to attach photos...probably failed ...but I can report a fairly interesting story. According to Chick Cunningham who defied an evacuation order and stayed in his house on the property of his marina in Sea Bright, NJ the boat was up on screw jacks in the marina yard when at the height of the storm she, and some of the larger boats went sailing away by themselves on the tidal surge of the Atlantic Ocean (he watched them sail by looking from his second floor window with 5' of water on the first floor of his house) ...they sailed the streets of Sea Bright where many buildings were destroyed. When the tide receded she was located on Osbourn Place several blocks north of the marina . She was upright and aside from some scrapes on the hull, damage to the outboard, and some badly bent railings (bumper-boats??)...she's fine. He retrieved her, put her back on her jacks and the insurance adjuster was out there today, as I was. The town is a mess and I had to show my boat documents to the State Troopers who were guarding the approaches to the town. Did I mention that the mast was up and the sails stayed furled and the standing rigging was intact? The electrical system was intact and the freaking lights worked. Stan, you build good boats. Best, BenC ----- BenC S/V Susan Kay (Rhodes22 '93 recycled '08) Highlands, NJ (Homeport) -- View this message in context: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/S-V-Susan-Kay-One-Tough-Little-Sailboat-tp44592.html Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.See the original archive post