Good Morning Everyone,
I hope all of you have a very nice labor day weekend and we realize that many of you will not have use of your vessels due to Irene and the Katia forecast.
Katia is at 70mph sustained winds as of 5am this morning. It is progressing at 15mph. I will continue monitoring the track of this storm through the weekend and I expect that the 5 day NOAA projection to impact our area sometime early in the week. We will make the call to commence hurricane haul outs as soon as possible for those vessels that have departed to date. There is no definitive indications that Katia will make landfall in the continental US at this time, but it could move far enough west to preclude us from not being attentive and having to haul vessels to be sure we provide a safe harbor for your vessels.
We have had to relocate many vessels for those staying for maintenance and waiting on Katia this past week. Our crews are really burned out and I am hopefully they will regenerate over the weekend. They really deserve the rest. All of you have been very understanding and cooperative and we are extremely appreciative of you.
We have had a handful of extremely irate and disrespectful captains/owners of vessels we bent over backwards to haul that were transiting our area and got caught by Irene. I am proud of the restraint shown by our staff and lift crew. Believe me when I say that we have done everything we can to accommodate everyone but sometimes the best we can do just is not good enough. We will learn and improve.
I expect the next update to go out Monday morning. Please let us know if there are any suggestions that would make life easier on you all and help us be more attentive and efficient.
Thank You,
Jeff Fulcher
Jarrett Bay Service Yard Manager
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