Thread: Cyclone Yasi's wrath

Check this pic out.
Its at Port Hinchinbrook, on the southern end of Cardwell.

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all good in mackay only minor power outages no damage at all pity to those in tully am thinking of all those up there be they a woodie or not !!!

I have to admit, that after a big one rolls though I hit the coast and drive around looking for deals, the insurance companies just want to get out from under or desperate owners can't cope with. I found a 100' schooner once, lifted up at her slip, held fast by her lines as the surge dropped her back down, on the piles that she was tied to. 3 of these pierced her bottom and she sank where she was berthed, taking most of the slip with her. I purchased her for the cost of removal, as everyone thought she was done for. I cut the piles off, below the hull, patched her wooden hull with plywood, then pumped her out. She floated up after a couple days work, right on her lines. I stripped her of her the soft stuff and towed her to a railway to have her hauled. It cost about $3,000 to do all this, plus the haul out. How many 100' wooden schooners can you find for a few grand? Her engine was saved, rig replaced, sail cleaned, new cushions and other soft stuff, etc., I made a killing.

You got to learn how to make lemonade . . .