VIDEO: Old Storms

Local mooring man has seen many storms come and go over the years at Swampscott Harbor.

He was one of the crew at Fisherman's Beach yesterday and today helping boaters get their boats out of the water, what with Irene looming to the south.

Here he remembers a few strong storms that passed through Swampscott years ago and what they did to Swampscott boats.

One sailboat got tossed in a hole along the rocks toward King's Beach. The only places that you could see it were from sea and the St. John Church parking lot, said the Fisherman's Beach mariner.

Another boat cut loose in the harbor and drifted along the beach like it was under power before it landed on shore without any damage, he said.

A third boat wasn't so lucky. All the storm left of it was a piece of the stern with its name — Fortuna, Tibbetts said.