Hurricane Sandy

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Here in Newport, RI., we were spared too much distress. Winds in excess of 70 reported from a megayacht's masthead, but lower down there was a good lee in the harbor. Still it looked frightening enough whenever I popped out of the shelter of the boatshed where I work to check on my own boat, riding out her second hurricane on a 1200-lb mooring. By the way, rather than try using chafing gear through a hawsehole, I fashioned a dacron selvagee going from the bitts to just outside the hawsehole, then made a mooring fast to that with a huge shackle. I found that while a couple of strands of the selvagee showed light wear, it was for the most part in great shape. Anyone else tried this?