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A week ago we had a nasty storm blow through southern Lake Michigan with sustained gale force winds of about 38kts and gusts to near 50kts. Most of it was out of the north which is right on the stern of SeaDog. We were not there that weekend and my dock mate alerted me that when he arrived on Saturday he found damage on the bow of my boat. He took photo number 1 below and sent it to me.
When I arrived on this past Friday, I spoke with a couple of guys who were there during the storm and they had noticed that both of my spring lines had snapped and the boat had rammed the dock repeatedly. They replaced the snapped lines and re-tightened all of the other lines in my absence - great folks at our marina.
Photo number 2 shows the extent of the damage to the bow. I had an one estimate of $5,500 and the second estimate is due today. My insurance will cover it, but it means I have to pull the boat for repair which will take 5-7 days. That means that my boating season is over for this year. We will enjoy the Labor Day weekend and then it will be pulled for repair.
Photo 1
Photo 2
It is hard to believe that both spring lines failed but they did. Thankfully the stern lines did not fail or it could have been even worse. Several other boats sustained damage that weekend - some even worse than mine.
My mechanic duct taped it good to keep the water out and we were out on the water this weekend enjoying one of our few remaining days this year.
oh man tim, poor sea dog!! i bet you had a knot in your gut the size of manhattan. nothing worse than 'that feeling' when something you devote all your time to gets damaged. so for now, she's got a 'bandage' keeping the water out of the glass. where is the repair going to be done? is she stored indoors over the winter? would love to see pics of the during and after.
what size lines are you using? i'm probably over kill, but i use 5/8" line and have a spring running forward and aft for a total of 4.
keep us posted on sea dogs progress and give her a pat on the transom for me.
aaron
1982 F-36 TRI CABIN ENTERPRISE
PARKSIDE MARINA IN MIDDLE RIVER, MD aaronbocknek@gmail.com
that sucks soo bad man, thankfully uoi have nice neighbors that will take care of the boat in your absence as there's no telling what would have happened...
i posted a few months back about a similar event, except it was my back ladder that got the jist of that damage...
Just getting to be good boating season again here.
I have no knowledge of fiberglass work and really no time since I work full time. Plus that, the boat is 3 hours away. Insurance will cover it so I am going to have it done.
aaronbocknek wrote:oh man tim, poor sea dog!! i bet you had a knot in your gut the size of manhattan. nothing worse than 'that feeling' when something you devote all your time to gets damaged. so for now, she's got a 'bandage' keeping the water out of the glass. where is the repair going to be done? is she stored indoors over the winter? would love to see pics of the during and after.
what size lines are you using? i'm probably over kill, but i use 5/8" line and have a spring running forward and aft for a total of 4.
keep us posted on sea dogs progress and give her a pat on the transom for me.
aaron
I use 5/8" lines all around too Aaron but this was a particularly nasty storm that also saw a lot of water spouts not too far off shore. She'll be as good as new in about a month. If it isn't too expensive, I may put her back in since Nov 1st is the date they shut off the power and water and I would have several weekends left - that is if the work gets done on schedule.
aaronbocknek wrote:oh man tim, poor sea dog!! i bet you had a knot in your gut the size of manhattan. nothing worse than 'that feeling' when something you devote all your time to gets damaged. so for now, she's got a 'bandage' keeping the water out of the glass. where is the repair going to be done? is she stored indoors over the winter? would love to see pics of the during and after.
what size lines are you using? i'm probably over kill, but i use 5/8" line and have a spring running forward and aft for a total of 4.
keep us posted on sea dogs progress and give her a pat on the transom for me.
aaron
I use 5/8" lines all around too Aaron but this was a particularly nasty storm that also saw a lot of water spouts not too far off shore. She'll be as good as new in about a month. If it isn't too expensive, I may put her back in since Nov 1st is the date they shut off the power and water and I would have several weekends left - that is if the work gets done on schedule.
understood. dad used 5/8" on bubala3 and doubled on the springs, so i follow what i learned. hope ''seadog'' get's her new nose job asap. take pics, take pics.
great to hear from you btw.....
1982 F-36 TRI CABIN ENTERPRISE
PARKSIDE MARINA IN MIDDLE RIVER, MD aaronbocknek@gmail.com
Sorry to see Sea Dog was damaged. Hope she's good as new and back in the water soon.
Looking at the pictures, Trojan used some heavy duty woven roving when they laid up the boat. Trojan really built these boats to last. I doubt a chopper gun boat would last 33 years, with many more good years ahead of it.
1993 Sea Ray 200 Overnighter OB with 1993 Mercury 150 hp Outboard
1979 Starcraft 14' Rowboat with 2011 Mercury 9.9 hp Outboard
Former boat: 1971 Trojan F26
The Dog House wrote:Sorry to see Sea Dog was damaged. Hope she's good as new and back in the water soon.
Looking at the pictures, Trojan used some heavy duty woven roving when they laid up the boat. Trojan really built these boats to last. I doubt a chopper gun boat would last 33 years, with many more good years ahead of it.
chopper gun? on a trojan? pppffffftttt. never. these babies were designed to be tough. and that's why we love em!!
1982 F-36 TRI CABIN ENTERPRISE
PARKSIDE MARINA IN MIDDLE RIVER, MD aaronbocknek@gmail.com
The Dog House wrote:Sorry to see Sea Dog was damaged. Hope she's good as new and back in the water soon.
Looking at the pictures, Trojan used some heavy duty woven roving when they laid up the boat. Trojan really built these boats to last. I doubt a chopper gun boat would last 33 years, with many more good years ahead of it.
Thanks for your sentiments. The marina that gave me the second quote today said he could do a good part of the work at the dock and would only have to be on the hard for about three days so its looking better for getting it back in the water to finish the season.
damn, Im sorry to be reading this. That is a bummer!!! 5500$ to fix it? I really need to start aboat buisness... Just from the pics, not in person, that seems like good money to me!!
The Dog House wrote:Sorry to see Sea Dog was damaged. Hope she's good as new and back in the water soon.
Looking at the pictures, Trojan used some heavy duty woven roving when they laid up the boat. Trojan really built these boats to last. I doubt a chopper gun boat would last 33 years, with many more good years ahead of it.
Thanks for your sentiments. The marina that gave me the second quote today said he could do a good part of the work at the dock and would only have to be on the hard for about three days so its looking better for getting it back in the water to finish the season.
I agree with them, just needs to be grinded, fill, shaped and be sealed.. Your good to go.... you can have the finish the work done after boating season....
Tim , thats not a terrible job , the hard part will be blending it in do to the age of the boat . However why not take advantage of this and add a bow pulpit ?
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