Here is a picture of Pat's(602) new 22 foot Ranger. Like everyone else he is having a problem tying it up to the new finger piers. The picture shows there is no way to tie off the port bow. Should the wind direction change during the night, the boat will beat itself into the pier. Even the cleats are too close together and do not work well with most all boats. It's a shame to spend all that money on a well constructed project that is so poorly designed.
Pat says the fishing is really poor. He went out two days and did not catch a keeper. Scott(702) and a friend went out most of the day yesterday and four hours this morning and also did not get a keeper. John went out early this morning with Mike, the roofing contractor, and Mike's brother in law. They came in pretty early, but I didn't see them cleaning any fish.
The blog had a busy week. There were visitors from 19 different states and 26 cities in Texas. There was a total of 233 visits by 115 different people. On Thursday there were 91 visits. I guess the storm was of interest to a lot of people.
The storm blew a lot of saltwater onto the decks of the bayside units. This has accelerated the deterioration of the rollers on the sliding glass doors. Mine locked up just over night. I replaced them today. They were $8 each at Ace Hardware. The grass that was flooded near the canal wall shows some damage. The large area between the 700 building and the pool is trying to come back, but we lost about 50 percent of the St. Augustine from the drought.
Jay(206) has placed his unit with a realtor. He says he needs a bigger place, probably a house.