Hurricane debris

[rsmith]

The ICW and about everywhere I've been even in the ocean is loaded with debris. A lot of it particularly submerged. This one was a real beaut.

 

[Boatsb]

It can be more damaging then the storm.

 

[capttonyf]

To bad it's not spring or early summer, "Peek Mahi Season" or we maybe able to put some of that offshore debris to good use.

All the debris on the ICD is the exact reason I'd be only wanting to run offshore on a delivery right now. Everyone was concerned about Great bridge in VA and if the Dismal Swamp and Alligator Bridge were open. If I was running south and the boat I was on had the capability and range to safely run around Cape Hatteras down to Beaufort or even further to Wrightsville Beach or Cape Fear I'd do that instead of running the ICD. I could only begin to imagine what surprises south bound vessels are finding, "Hitting", on the way down. Not for me thanks, I'm an offshore guy, Set my coarse, my throttles, and let it eat. To quote Captain Ron. "Hey Kitty, Let's Stop Kicking Tires and Light the Fires, If it's Gonna Happen It's gone happen out there."

Tony

 

[saltshaker]

Looks like a typical day in NY harbor. We don't deal with that up here nearly as much as you do down south but I've always been on edge running after a big storm, particularly if there was surge. I had a transmission rebuilt on the 46 and we seatrialed the weekend after hurricane Floyd. Dodged a bit of debris and then hit a submerged object coming back. When it popped up we saw it was a bolt of carpet about 12ft long and around 2-3 ft in diameter. No damage but felt and sounded like I hit something big. When Dave and I brought my boat to NC, we had to hole up in Myrtyle Beach and wait for Hurricane Irene to pass. Debris was our main concern when we got back under way. It was incredible to both of us that we saw nothing all the way to Morehead City which had a direct hit. We ran the ocean all the way except for the few miles from Southport to Masonboro where we ran inside to avoid going out around frying pan shoals. Not the case after Sandy. We had an insane amount of debris for nearly a year. My neighbor hit a sunken suburban and did over 25k in damage 8 months after the storm

 

[saltshaker]

Hey Scott is that part of your dock. Hope your getting things back together and glad to hear the dock was the only real damage you had. I know you've had more than your share of hurricane damage to deal with.

 

[SEVEN]

No more auto pilot for a while.

 

[rsmith]

Hey Scott is that part of your dock. Hope your getting things back together and glad to hear the dock was the only real damage you had. I know you've had more than your share of hurricane damage to deal with.

Wasn't mine but if it was closer I would have towed it home. Called the always responsive USCG told me to call the St Lucie co Sherrif dept. ( they have a brand new Intrepid) "not our problem mon" call FWC . " our office hours are.... Monday thru Friday....please leave a message. I'm still waiting for a call back!

 

[saltshaker]

Wasn't mine but if it was closer I would have towed it home. Called the always responsive USCG told me to call the St Lucie co Sherrif dept. ( they have a brand new Intrepid) "not our problem mon" call FWC . " our office hours are.... Monday thru Friday....please leave a message. I'm still waiting for a call back!

I was thinking the same about towing it back. Disgusting the USCG would not respond to what is clearly a hazard to navigation. Even if they don't deal with the removal they should have been the ones to contact proper authorities to do so. I've called them several times when we found debris and never was told to contact someone else.

 

[bobk]

The AICW down to New Bern was a dream except for a passel of blow boat neophytes running in a 'cruise'. It seems the watermen pulled their crab pots for the storm and did not put them back out, so we saw almost no pots this trip, including the Albermarle. I just talked to a marina south of Socastee (MM 371) and the bridge began operation late this morning. We'll lay here a couple more days and then proceed south.

Bobk

 

[Artzco]

Our yacht club had over 200 boards & dock sections float into the marina on the St Johns river in Jacksonville. Some of the boards were as big as 2x12x16. If you're on the St Johns, keep a close eye on the water.

 

[polarizer]

The ICW and about everywhere I've been even in the ocean is loaded with debris. A lot of it particularly submerged. This one was a real beaut.

What the heck is that??????

I'm leaving NJ on 10/31 and figure Virginia beach, to Wrightesville, then St. Augustin then to Palm Beach.
Hoping to not see that thing floating.

 

[JLR]

I will post more tomorrow but I just concluded my trip South. Was outside except for Cape Fear and from Daytona to Jupiter. We saw virtually no debris the entire trip, whether on the inside or the outside. Even did an overnight from Charleston to Daytona. Plenty of damage to docks in North Carolina and Northern Florida but virtually no debris. Not sure why but I was happy not to see it.

 

[jim rosenthal]

Looks like part of a dock to me. We get a lot of this in the spring in the upper Chesapeake, a lot of junk comes down from the Susquehanna River. I've hit some of it, but no serious damage yet, fortunately. I remember a couple of refrigerators floating in the Bay. As far as calling the DNR or the CG, it's a waste of time. Unless it's a refrigerator full of cocaine, then maybe they'd be interested.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Wasn't mine but if it was closer I would have towed it home. Called the always responsive USCG told me to call the St Lucie co Sherrif dept. ( they have a brand new Intrepid) "not our problem mon" call FWC . " our office hours are.... Monday thru Friday....please leave a message. I'm still waiting for a call back!

I have called in floating logs and other debris up here in the lakes before. The USCG just adds it to their Notice to Mariners report and that is usually it. The stuff keeps floating around until it sinks or washes up on shore.

 

[rsmith]

It was an entire section of Dock. About 4x6'.

 

[Walter P]

About 25 years ago I was on a USCGAUX patrol and came across a large floating object like what's in the picture. My crew and I secured a line to it and towed it to a piling nearby and reported it to the station. I was promptly told that it was against procedure to remove or tow something like that except if we were to beach it and arrange for it's removal. I was told it exposed the CG to liability if the thing broke loose and caused some sort of mishap. I believe that's the case now with that large piece of whatever it is. Moral of the story is "let no good deed go unpunished"

Walt

 

[rsmith]

To add to the "no good deed goes unpunished" some years ago I came across 4 bodies while fishing about 15 mi off Ft Pierce. Turned out they had gone down in a Piper Cherokee 6 (small plane) crossing to the Bahamas 4 days before off Boca Raton 70 mi to the south. Coast guard tells me to remain on scene. About an hour later a C130 flies over. He leaves and the CG Falcon jet with the big glass window in the side flies over. Finally the orange French helicopter comes and blast me with his down wash. By now we drifted half way to Canaveral and they don't know where to launch a boat from. I came across the bodies at 11am 6pm a boat from Ft Pierce shows up on scene. Wants to board me. I kid you not. After identifying myself as a USGC Aux member they decided to discharge me from the scene.

 

[krush]

None of them are your "friends" anymore. Nothing good ever comes from calling the gov.

 

[Walter P]

You mean to tell me that "I'm from the Government, I'm here to help you" is not true? Gasp my
balloon just burst.

Walt

 

[polarizer]

Did my trip last week 11/1 as scheduled. Ocean City NJ to Virginia beach to Wrightsville day two, day three to St. Augustine then
home to North palm beach.
Only threat was day 1 with a large turtle and lots of trap markers, otherwise very uneventful.
St. Augustin municipal marina was fine as Wrightsville.