Isabel aftermath
on Sunday September 21, 2003 09:27PM
The club came through Isabels rampage with no obvious damage to any of our buildings, but with major damage to the Fishing Bay dock and the East dock on Jackson Creek. As of Saturday the road along Fishing Bay had been cleared of downed trees allowing ready access to the club. Those few who visited the club that day had a taste of what to expect after seeing downed trees on the drive to Deltaville, and the carnage exacted on many of the docks on Fishing Bay. Three large pines near the water tank fell into the Jackson Creek parking lot, and some trees on the Stull property fell over the fence dividing FBYC property from our new neighbor. As of late Sunday almost all of the downed trees had been cut up ready for removal, and some few members had made great progress clearing up limbs blown from trees.
These pictures are taken of the Stove Point Road well past the Club on Stove Point. The club is without power and phone service and likely to stay that way for some days, if not weeks. There was no damage to any club boats and Mr. Roberts is close to first in line at Deltaville Dockyard for being put back in the water. One boat at the end of the middle dock received significant damage when the pilings it was tied to failed. Some three other boats in slips received what might be decribed as cosmetic damage but no boats in the Fishing Bay lot appeared to have been damaged. This may be due to a large majority of members heeding the warning that they tie their boats to their trailers or racks and take their masts down.
An announcement about next weekends program will follow, but it goes without saying that there will be plenty of opportunities for repairing docks and cleaning up the grounds. Many boards have already been replaced thanks in particlar to Eric and Austin Powers, David Clark, David Hinkle and Jim Morrison all of whom put in long hours. But most of our thanks must go to Brandy Kennard, our Assistant Manager, for his untiring efforts over the days before Isabel's forecast arrival became an awful reality.