Check out these IKE pics...
 

Wow this that donzi dealer lost some money..:eek:...Anyone need a new donzi cheap?:drink:

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Summers might be Short, But this is just another reason for me to love Michigan Waters.

While it's sad to see that carniage, I think what a shame, but they are boats, not houses. Yes I am sure there were plenty of houses too.

At leaste they trimmed up the motors and probably saved them....

Ouch, ouch and ouch again. Sad to have to loo at pics like this. :(

A few more Ike pictures
 

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I noticed a lot of the boats have those huge holes in the port and starboard sides of the bows....Couldn't figure it out until I saw these pics and see the sling style lift. Slings just swun back and forth pounding the boats against the pylons. Very f*cked up to see all that carniage.

I don't get this. They KNEW this was coming for a LONG time. Seems to me that taking the time to tow the high dollor stuff on trailers 5 or 10 miles inland would have saved a lot of damage ...

Some may not have had the means to make those arrangements (no trailer or truck)

OMG it is so sad to the damaged caused by the storm and I just cannot imagine the sickening feeling to see that if it was my boat.... I know it can all be replaced but still.

how many people WANTED their stuff replaced? Not saying that is the story but if you have an old boat... want a new one... no money...hmm huricane coming... just a question. Its horrible to see all the damage... I couldnt imagine having to go through that...

After seeing those picture and the damage IKE did to everything, why wouldn't people leave when they we told to. It's just amazing.

You have too feel sad for the people that put their heart & soul into some of these boats like this one.
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This is a beautiful boat, I have always admired it. Many of the owners don't have trailers and most of the go-fasts were pulled out. Most boats damaged were cruisers and sailboats, probably 100-1 with go-fasts.There were many go fasts in this marina. This marina was probably the most popular of all of the places to have your boat. It had a family atmosphere. Everyone knew each other. We had a mandatory evacuation, many had other things to worry about besides their boats. On Wednesday night when we pulled our boat out the hurricane was heading 100 miles southwest of us to Freeport, Tx. We put it in a storage yard close by figuring we would have some wind, rain, and small surge. Then the storm moved north and east and our area had a bullseye on it. The surge flooding stopped about a 1/4 of a mile from where we had our boat stored or ours would have been destroyed, too. It is hard to plan what to do when you don't know where the storm is going. We had all planned to leave a week before when Gustav came in and missed us entirely.

Most of boats that were heavily damaged were crushed on the 2 steel beams above that the winches are on. The storm surge raised these boats about 10-12 feet above normal. Several areas of Clear Lake had surges of up to 16 feet.

how did all those trailer boats in the first pic end up fairing so well.... ?? heck, they look perfect to me..

Not talking about the old stuff. I'm looking at the brand new high dollar Donzi's laying on the ground and AT LEAST three empty trailers there that would have temporarily accommodated a 5-10 mile trip away from the coast or to a warehouse somewhere.

WOW, that really sucks. :eek: But to some of you non-hurricane experienced OSOer's, try to have some compassion for these folks.
"We had a mandatory evacuation, many had other things to worry about besides their boats"
How do you know that these folks didn't have higher priorities, like getting there parents/grandparents out of nursing homes or their homes, help their kids, if they have any, get outof town, trying to find gas just to get themselves out of town, packing up things that can't be replaced, like legal documents, etc. Maybe they didn't even own a trailer or truck to tow it with!? A mandatory evac. is just that, MANDATORY, the gov't officals don't care if you own a $250,000 powerboat or a $500 skiff, they give you a time window to meet, and then after that they close the bridges, so you can't get your family off the island! Myself, I would never/have owned a boat that didn't have a trailer, and I have pulled my boats everytime a 'cane comes our way, but not everyone has that opportunity or means. Hell, I have the Nordic trailer sitting in my driveway right now, just in case, and my neighbors don't care for it, BUT they understand why it's sitting there.

Should we, the hurricane experinced folks in the USA, have the same amount of compassion if a Noreaster' comes blowing in this winter and mess's up your guy's boats? After all, this what we all pay insurance for, BIG DOLLAR Insurance $$ mind you. And our rates in Fl, are alot higher than anywhere else in the country, so we are ALREADY paying the extra hurricane ins. $$ to live here in boater's paradise. Your insurance rates is of alot cheaper than ours, are now and will always be cheaper. This kind of attitude is a BIG part of what is wrong with our country right now, me first, phuck everyone else!! Try to think what they are dealing with now....
Dean

Most of the clip on boats you see were from a boat dealer that left them in the lot. The storm surge floated the boats off the trailers you see setting there. And I do have some friends whose boats were destroyed that did not have trailers, trucks, etc. Trailer storage is sometimes hard to find for reasonable price. And I agree with what Gerrit said about where the storm was headed. Texas just implemented a mandatory evacuation law. I am in the first zone to be evacuated. It is at least 2 days in advance of a storm and this storm was not supposed to be heading our direction according to the "experts". So, at the last minute they issued the evacuation and if I had to make a call between the boat and human lifes, there is no question. I was lucky enough to get my boat out the day before we were supposed to evacuate. House didn't fair well though.

I was figuring those empty trailers weren't empty before the storm. But who knows.

All of you guys who second guess a decision and play armchair quarterback amaze me.You are all perfect. Within several hours we went from no evac to mandatory. You don't have time to think let alone worry about a toy. Your first priority is your family. We have been playing dodgeball with hurricanes all summer. I think this is # 3 or 4 that potentially could have headed our way. You prepare as best you can. We all saw it coming and no one had to tell us to pull our toys. We just didn't know where it was going. 100 miles one way or the other is the difference between damage (Ike) and no damage (Gustav & Rita). I am glad I had time to get my boat out. Many didn't, we all work for a living and many are in jobs that they can't leave to go worry about their toys. Many are engineers, Nasa and oil, and in the medical field. Do you think they will abandon their jobs to go pull a boat? These boats are a small reminder of what happened. The destruction is unbelievable. Within a mile of my house is an area of Seabrook that is totally gone or flooded to the rooftops and yet our homes suffered minor damage. These people lost everything, including the residents of Bolivar Penn. and Galveston. Kind of puts things in perspective, at least to me. Sorry about you insurance rates.

Yes, there were a few that we know about that left their boats, cars, jet skis, etc. to get the insurance. These people suck.

Tommy, sorry to hear about your house.

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Well spoken. Hope you fared as well as possible. Looking at the weather underground website this morning, "Invest 93" is a New tropical disturbance that brewing in the tropics, and the computer models AT THIS TIME have it headed ANYWHERE from NC up to Maryland, so we'll see how well these know-it-alls up north handle it! I'm assuming they are going to pull their boats TODAY, you know, blow off work, school whatever and get that boat off the lift NOW!! I mean you've got a week's notice, what are you waiting for????
Not that I'm wishing a hurricane on anyone, but this might be their chance to show us dumba$$ southerns how to do it...

And to Donzi 38xxx,
Most all of the noreasters hit in the wintertime, so you have probobly already taken your water toys off their lifts to winterize them, so give me a break about that BS.
Once again, it's all about priorities, 1st family, 2nd house, and 3rd the boats. If you don't like how much your insurance is on your boat, don't pay it. I don't HAVE to buy boat ins.on our boats, our toys are payed for, but I keep insurance for liability reasons mainly. So unless you have it financed, then I guess you have to buy ins....
Dean

I went and looked at that boat yesterday. I could be wrong but I do not believe it was a cherry before the storm... Looked like it had issues before. My.02.. It could be a great project.

Also, the day before the mandatory evacuation, Ike was headed to the Texas - Mexico border - A lllooonnnggg way away from here. So, what have I learned? The weather experts posting their single path lines of where a hurricane is headed don't know chit and shouldn't post with such certainty like they have been doing.

No question of life, family, and friends first in a situation like this.

I did not intend to offend, second-guess, or criticize anyone with my inquiry. Just looking for some insight into the devastation in the photos and trying to learn from what I see. Why are some boats literally unscathed while others on the very same lot are damaged. What would be the best thing to do if faced with a similar situation ...?

Would tie-down straps have helped ...?

Would 5 miles inland make a difference ...?

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that is my 91 scarab viper

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I hope they really want a 45 cary.

Sorry to hear about that, hope you had insurance....

You are absolutely right. they don't know chit. Wednesday night we went down to the boat with the thought of tying it down and raising it up like we have done before because Ike was heading south and west and at the last minute decided to pull it out and store it. Got up Thursday morning and went to work and got the news that the storm was moving north and east and we were in the first mandatory evac group due to our zip code. Left work. Didn't even have the windows boarded up. Got those done with my son while my wife and granddaughter loaded the car and truck, put the dogs and bird in the truck and left. That's how fast this happened, within 12 hours we were gone.

The boats floated in the 10' plus surge. You only have about 8' of head space above them. Then they scraped themselves to pieces against the upper beams. I don't think tying them or any other preventative measures would have helped other than getting them out. Some boats are not as badly damaged due to where they were in the marina. There is an apartment building that blocked part of the main surge and wind between the marina and Clear Lake. Also some of the boats were in the water tied to docks rather that on slings and had a taller roof and beams that allowed them to float more. Trust me when I say that we looked at almost every boat still in their slings and they are all damaged. A couple of boats had the top deck, windshield, and radar arch scraped off completely.

Is it just me or does something look funny about those new Donzis? If it was a flooded or rain soaked driveway, would fiberglass leave marks like that? I thought the marks would have washed away.:eek:

Nothing fishy. Those boats were washed off their trailers to the middle of the highway after the storm. They hooked on to them and pulled/dragged them into the boat yard after the storm. It hasn't rained since. Every one has been dragged on their keel to get them off the road and keep them from getting looted. The road they were on is the main north south highway in the area. Had to get it open. There was also about a 1/4 mile of wood and debris covering all 4 lanes of the same road.

Insurance won't pay squat on an old boat. Least not enough to buy a nicer one.

Wow that 26' American Offshore NSX is really hurting...

My 89 formula is fully insured for $32k, And how the market is today I really could buy atleast an equal to better value boat if anything happend to mine...But I love my boat and would never want this to happen to it...

Lives & homes swept away, so sad. We lived in Cypress years ago and kept our 302 Scarab in/ near ClearLake. I cannot imagine!! God bless. I remember the lifts full of power boats in one entire marina, tops members?

I remain safe in Tampa. :(