Thank GOD the folks at Juniper Beach told me to turn my bow toward the creek and not the river (they had told me the opposite earlier, but I am still very grateful). I don't know if my dock lines could have held if all that rushing water had been pressing against a flat stern.
Can you imagine all this water pushing on the transom of the boat?
Lesson #1: Leave your boat facing upstream when tied up on a creek.
You wouldn't believe how this little O'Day was writhing and rolling against the current. She made it through the flash flood okay, but ended up coming down on top of the vertical 4x4s on the dock. No damage, from what I can tell.
Can you imagine how this would have gone if I hadn't fixed that hose in the drain?!
Lesson #2: Always fix what you can as soon as you can
Since then, the water level has just kept going up. I believe it's almost to 18 feet now. My boat is safe at a floating dock, but more on that later!
Lesson #2: Always fix what you can as soon as you can
Since then, the water level has just kept going up. I believe it's almost to 18 feet now. My boat is safe at a floating dock, but more on that later!
Cheers!
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