G'day All!
As the title suggests I'm tied to the jetty in Point Samson while Tropical Cyclone Sean passes by about 50nm offshore. Thatz not technikaly true, the storm is not yet a cyclone but that doesn't stop the 45 knot winds and horizontal rain. Add to the equation (wkoa) a 4 meter tide range and things get interesting. I know I need more bollards and cleats on the yot itself, plus a couple of extra mooring ropes for good measure.
Because of the tidal variance I had to set 2 hour alarms over nite to adjust the mooring lines as the tide rose or fell. But I was able to get some solid sleeps in between rope runs. That's the benefit of being moored safely in the Marina I trust the ropes to hold and the jetty isn't going anywhere. I've broken 1 mooring line overnite as it chaffed through on the jetty pylon , and the extension cord iz now ruined as well.
What is obvious is the fact that a Tropical Low is still a very formidable storm system, as it was the same storm pattern that destroyed the original Galleycat. Severe gusts up to 57 knots or 100 km per hour have hit the yot and I definitely don't need to wash the iron oxide red dust off the pergola blinds we had SO much rain I think the tides were higher because of all the extra water.
Itz 24 hours later an Sean is now a Cat 3 Cyclone sitting off Exmouth. The wind here is still 20 knots but that is relatively calm compared to the 57 knots we recorded yesterday. It's thyme to assess! No damage and very little mess to clean up. What I am looking 4ward to is a solid night'z sleep without my 2 hourly wake up calls.
