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As most of you know, I just got finished rebuilding a 50 foot triple toon house boat.
It is moored in a bay on the Okanagan lake in B.C. Canada.
During the past couple of good wind storms.....the quick link coupler we have been using to anchor the house boat has stretched and broken.....the boat has washed up on shore !
its a good thing that the bay is a silt bottom and a very few rocks in the bay. The toons are glass so a puncture would be catastrophic.
I have told the owner of the boat about redundancy in mooring, but so far he hasn't listened. You would think after breaking free twice that he would have paid more attention !
Then the other morning I woke up to this.....I just about freeked !
http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/68653/Houseboat-flips-in-Sutherland-Bay.
luckily it wasn't the one I worked on !
The bay is also known as "houseboat row".....most of the house boats that live on the water all year round are moored there.
When we washed up...we weren't the only one.....Two more broke loose as well......This is a pic of the boat that went over.
Apparently, when he washed up the first time....The boat hit some of the only rocks in the bay,,,,,,the toon was punctured, but the owner didn't know it.
the toon filled with water and over she went in the next storm.
Really sad.....most of the owners of the boat in the bay, know each other and watch each others boats. This guy was kinda a recluse and no one knew where to get hold of him.
That was a really nice boat. but i imagine its totally gone now....I cant see much of it being salvageable.
The moral of the story is.....
If you are moored.....check your boat all the time.....if you cant, make sure someone knows how to get hold of you !
It is moored in a bay on the Okanagan lake in B.C. Canada.
During the past couple of good wind storms.....the quick link coupler we have been using to anchor the house boat has stretched and broken.....the boat has washed up on shore !
its a good thing that the bay is a silt bottom and a very few rocks in the bay. The toons are glass so a puncture would be catastrophic.
I have told the owner of the boat about redundancy in mooring, but so far he hasn't listened. You would think after breaking free twice that he would have paid more attention !
Then the other morning I woke up to this.....I just about freeked !
http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/68653/Houseboat-flips-in-Sutherland-Bay.
luckily it wasn't the one I worked on !
The bay is also known as "houseboat row".....most of the house boats that live on the water all year round are moored there.
When we washed up...we weren't the only one.....Two more broke loose as well......This is a pic of the boat that went over.
Apparently, when he washed up the first time....The boat hit some of the only rocks in the bay,,,,,,the toon was punctured, but the owner didn't know it.
the toon filled with water and over she went in the next storm.
Really sad.....most of the owners of the boat in the bay, know each other and watch each others boats. This guy was kinda a recluse and no one knew where to get hold of him.
That was a really nice boat. but i imagine its totally gone now....I cant see much of it being salvageable.
The moral of the story is.....
If you are moored.....check your boat all the time.....if you cant, make sure someone knows how to get hold of you !
