Sea Notes: Stories on the Swampscott Waterfront
Storm Roundup: Chafed Lines Sprang Boats from Moorings
Many of the 18 boats' pendants frayed from rubbing and snapped. A good rule of thumb is to watch the commercial fishermen.
About 18 boats tore free from moorings in Swampscott during the weekend's storm, largely a product of frayed pendants, said local mooring man Harris Tibbetts. Many of those boats were large sailboats, a majority of which appeared to receive minor damage; a few boats, including at least one sailboat, were destroyed. Susan Booras of Swampscott said that her family's boat, Moira, a 25-foot sailboat, received minor damage. After its cleat tore loose on Sunday, the 25-footer, landed on King's Beach. Family and friends anchored the vessel, and other vessels. Then, later, when the tide rolled in, they returned Moira to its Fisherman's Beach mooring. Steve Banks' 30-foot sailboat Hillarity — the name came with the vessel — received but slight …
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