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When I was about 18 years old, I drove a motorcycle under a funnel cloud
just before it touched down and took out a diner in southern NH. One would
think that one close call would be enough, but shortly after we broke up the
rendezvous in LI, I had a similar experience. I was anchored about 1000
yards off the west side of Three Mile Harbor. I had just taken a shower and
was drying off when I heard a roar coming from the west. I stuck my head
out the main cabin hatch and saw the dark shape of a squall line headed my
way. There was a low lying black cloud. It was about 1000 yards across, was
funnel shaped, and was rotating. The bottom of the cloud appeared to be
just above the tree line. It was headed directly for me. I threw on a pair
of pants and started tossing loose stuff below. I had only a few seconds
before I was hit. I had just replaced the dodger and bimini canvas the week
before and was very concerned about losing it($$$). I grabbed the bimini
and held it down as the thing went over me. The boat heeled over about
45deg, but everything seemed OK until the wind came around from the opposite
direction. The wind got under the bimini and pulled it from the deck. I
was able to hold onto it however and I later repaired the frame. The only
other casualty appears to be the cover for the BBQ which is apparently on
its way to OZ. I was pretty busy holding on to stuff and didn’t really get
a chance to see what was going on around me. I would estimate the winds at
somewhere between 50 and 60 kts for about a minute. I later found leaves
littering the deck. Rodd later called and told me that the front page of
the local newspaper reported a tornado touchdown in the area.There were a couple of other 424s rafted together in the anchorage and they
appear to have escaped unscathed. Those of you who left earlier in the day
missed all the excitement.Rich – BlackSheep
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Rich
Don’t know what’s going on but that’s the Third funnel cloud out of a squall line this year at 3MH. The first dragged my boat and an 800 lb. Mooring into the channel bar in June.
Thatcher A. Stone
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Hi Rich and Thatcher,
We (Pelican) rounded Orient Point and into a gale and near gale (30-38kts) with blinding rain. With the staysail and mizzen, on a close reach, the boat behaved like a lady with no other drama than the drawers in the galley opening.
That must have been the northern part of your twister storm. Just the other day there was a waterspout in Oyster Bay! I never remember them being around here.
Very surprising and very disturbing.
Bob
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Quote:RichDon't know what's going on but that's the Third funnel cloud out of a squall line this year at 3MH. The first dragged my boat and an 800 lb. Mooring into the channel bar in June.
Thatcher A. Stone
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Waterspout? Oyster Bay? Wow.
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Aurora departed about 11:30 on Sunday and we had our own excitement, though nothing nearly as severe as Rich recounted.
We managed to sail for about a half hour after we rounded the north end of Gardner’s I. and headed east. With ominous clouds and lightning overtaking us from the west (no doubt the same weather that Bob Fine encountered) we doused sails and were soon enshrouded by a succession of storms that lasted for about an hour. While Mark and I were fearing for our lives with horizontal wind (38 knots was the highest we saw), near zero visibility in torrential rain and lightning bolts all around (though no really close strikes) Dolores and our five year old granddaughter, Eliana, decided this was a good time for a nap and they slept though it all. We concentrated in keeping enough sea room south of Fishers I. and the junk east of it, and finally got enough visibility to cross into Fisher’s I. Sound (some might say providentially – through Lord’s Passage) and on to the anchorage at Watch Hill. Shortly after we anchored the procession of storms continued for another couple of hours, though not with the ferocity of our earlier encounter.Except for the unfortunate development that Rich reported I suspect that those who chose to wait a day before leaving probably made the wiser choice, as the weather that day was widely reported as a very unusual and severe weather event for our region.
Phil Fontaine
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Philippe:-
Are you the boat from Pt. Judith? Sorry I missed meeting you.
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Yes we are from Point Judith. We are sorry we didn’t manage to meet also. Perhaps another time.
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I kept my boat at Snug Harbor for three years and will go back in two.
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That’s a heck of a tale, Rich. In fact, they’re both good un’s, the motorcycle and the boat. I had a close encounter with an anchorage tornado many years ago, but still remember it vividly. I eventually wrote a story about it that ran in some magazine – Cruising World or Sail, I think. If you’re in the mood for a short read, it’s online at http://www.tor.cc/articles/tornado.htm .
Tor
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One of my crew caught some of the weather on his digital camera (movie
mode).I will ask him if he has posted it.
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Here is a link for the photos of the Long Island Sound trip.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Reitrofecurb/LongIsland?authkey=XeD-sBfC9tk
Still trying to get the vids uploaded.
Bruce Fortier
Tel: 508-787-7182
Fax: 617-385-1121
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