Good luck to all
 

I flew out of MHT yesterday afternoon for NC, must have lucked into a weather window. I thought for sure they would cancel the flight.

This is the first time I am glad my boat was out of the water getting repaired!

Hope everyone's cleanup goes well, be safe!

Lucky you were there! We put our Eastern on the trailer last night around 9pm to get it out of harms way.

Bear Power
 

There's a tree on the lines behind 315 Bear, according to our neighbor at 321 Bear. Called the outage line for Nh electric, and Sharon said she's made a note of it for the crew. The downed tree caused power outages at camps from 315 Bear north along the shore.

Gas Available?
 

Can anyone report if Shep's or Y Landing is pumping gas? Need fuel for possible extended generator use...

storm
 

Tried to call SB, got nothing but busy signal. 1 pm

storm
 

Y landing has phone issues as well. Not a good sign

Gas Available?
 

My son was at Brown's this morning.

Their power was out, so couldn't pump gas. He was told power was out all along the Neck, so that doesn't bode well for Y Landing either.

codeman, thanks for sharing your story. Glad you where able to get up there start rescuing your boats. Hopefully a temporary repair can be made to the dock to get you back in business quick....

We took the Eastern back into Fay's for the storm, lucky we did. Our dock is two to the south from Dan's and more exposed to the wind. Talked to Dan in person this morning while he was still cleaning up his Eastern. He was real lucky to have island neighbors come over to help bail the boat.

The power is still off on the north side of Welch. Prior to losing power our weather station showed 45 mph like Dan's. That was SE wind wrapping around to the west side of Walch. No idea what it was when it shifted around to the SW.

Alan

NHEC Outages
 

Just got an email from NHEC reporting that 37,000 of their customers, or about 40%, are without power. I'm thinking that for some of those customers, power will be out for at least a few days.

I am completely blown away. My dock was wrecked last night, but by 1:30pm Lake Life Services already had it pulled apart put back together! Talk about service!

A friend in need is a friend indeed...

Damage
 

Here’s a pic of my brother in laws pontoon barge that got hell beat out of it in the storm. As you can see, the dock line even with snubbers ripped the entire back cap off the pontoon where it attaches. That’s the back cap in the second picture. After the boat broke free it hit their new Bennington Q series pontoon that I just sold them a month ago. Damaged the entire side of one toon. They are on the east side of Lockes island.

Descant note....even with the entire back cap ripped off, the pontoon remained afloat and I was able to tow it to shore. Only the back compartment was compromised...

Dan

Cody is great! I have used him for some barge service. Very fair and keeps in touch!

Dan

I have never seen that happen!

Very sorry to see that. They are such nice hardworking people.

Alan

So very sorry you guys got hit so hard. And I am upset about branches all over the place. I will say no more!

Dan, was the dock line connected to the back cap and you think the edge got bashed enough for the cap to pull off?

I'm asking because I put an extra line from my rear cap to the dock. I keep it loose as it's there only if another line fails. From the photo my neighbor sent I think it helped me because the post with the line that prevents the boat going forward tilted quite a bit. ( I have whips and snubbers for lateral movement and hard line for forward / backward movement. I may try snubbers on the hard lines.

Do people think that having a boat on a mooring vs dock would fair better, I was lucky, I had my tritoon pulled out monday for repairs, otherwise it would have been on my mooring.

Dock dependent. Permanent docks with whips work. Seasonal docks, can’t see it working with yesterday’s storm. Will be investing in a lift this off season if I can determine a way to remove it at season’s end


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I had a tree come down on my camp late yesterday afternoon, a very good sized and healthy maple, got completely uprooted. Thankfully after spending the day carefully removing it from the roof damage was not to bad.

I've seen some pretty nasty storms up here but nothing quite as bad as yesterday.

Still no power - part of Meredith Neck Rd is closed and there is a re-route to get around what I would assume is more downed trees. Power guys are going to be busy for a while.

No Question...
 

Moorings are absolutely better.

Bear Power
 

Outage map shows 149 outages on Bear now. As usual, mainland customers do seem to get served first.

Yes on that particular pontoon the tie off is on the back cap. He had four way tied with snubbers as well as but it was just too much. Even the front tie offS which are welded to the front of the pontoon both broke off! The wind was just brutal and his breakwater kind of locks the waves in and really makes things worse under certain wind conditions. Once that boat broke free it really took its toll on his very nice Bennington Tri-toon. Both side pontoons are basically destroyed, still useable but destroyed!

Dan

Yeah, I'm no welder but that isn't right. The rope should have snapped long before the weld let go (unless it was Dyneema). Especially the way the entire cap peeled clean off. Maybe "Joe the new guy" was running the welder that day. Maybe the surfaces weren't prepared properly or corrosion got into the weld. It certainly wouldn't hurt to show Sylvan. They claim a "Limited Lifetime Warranty" on the hull and structure (whatever that means). Maybe get it repaired for free.

Mark

Bear Power
 

There is a tree on the line in back of 315 Bear Island. Power is out from there north through the mail dock, probably all over Bear.

I've heard that a crew may be headed out here today. We shall see, I have yet to see anyone walking the powerlines yet.

There are still a lot of scattered outages so hard to say who will be next on the restoration list.

Bear Power
 

As usual, crews seem to service mainland first. Outage map, tho not always updated, shows 156 outages at Cattle, 149 on Bear, but I bet there's more than that.

Welch should be back on as of about 1330!

Power is back on on the NE side of Bear

Not sure if anyone follows any of the happenings on Sebago, but if anyone has facebook check out the carnage up there. Boats on moorings did NOT fare well, there are probably a dozen that ended up either on the beach or on rocks mostly destroyed. Really sad for a lot of people. Glad to hear everyone is safe though.

Bear Power
 

Power restored to our cove on west Bear, behind Shepard Island

injecting a little levity

Charge It, Please
 

Has power been restored to East Bear Island yet?

Atlantic Broadband on Bear?
 

Anyone know the status of internet on Bear? I can’t reach anyone there to get a status report.

I’m glad to hear that some islanders are getting restored, you must have a different service provider. (Eversource?) No sense of urgency from NHEC for the Tuftonboro islands, no trucks insight anywhere, website is beyond useless for outage information other than that they exist. They’ll gladly charge us close to $30 bucks a month for the privilege of having their meter on the backs of or camps though. Even in the winter when we’re not here.

Rant off, we’re here now and the generator is running. Internet is working, cocktail is tasty so on with more positive endeavors.

The news clip I watched was a bunch of pontoons moored in shallow water with mushroom type anchors / moorings. The waves lifted the boats enough to move the mooring. I know mine would not have budged. 2000lbs of block, Stainless chain with lots of scope but I'm on the broads where 4' waves come multiple times a year.

NH Electric Coop SUCKS!
 

Still no power on Little Bear 3 days after the storm. I heard that a tree took the power line down over on Cow, which is what caused this outage. NHEC is a completely useless, corrupt organization, that’s not even regulated by NH Public Utilities Commission. If only we had a choice, and they didn’t have a monopoly.

I'm asking not to be a nudge but to know: what makes you define NHEC as corrupt? I mean, there are many people still out of power, and island properties would be expected to come last, no?

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Why should islands be last? Island properties pay the same “member fee” and the same rates as mainland properties. If island properties are last on the list, then rates for these properties should be reduced. I can understand if it’s mid-winter, or if ice conditions are unsafe. But we’re talking the first week of August with 2 days of nice weather after this storm. NHEC has their own boat, so why can’t they send a crew out to fix this problem? Islanders have refrigerators and freezers full of food and ice, just like mainlanders, and also need electricity to operate water pumps and septic systems. I don’t have time to elaborate on their corruption right now.