Still, what I consider to be the worst storm I have ever encountered living aboard on the marina in Newcastle, 2007.
Next morning we waded our way down the streets to get a look at the Pasher Bulker stuck at Nobby's beach. You could see the hull starting to hog on the sand.
We then got battered by a severe hail storm down there, while several of us sheltered under a towies tilt tray.
That night it went ashore we recorded 98kn wind gusts through our rigging with the Forgacs' floating dock, opposite the marina breaking loose from it's fixed mooring. 2 tugboat sat all night managing to hold it in position.
What a mess.
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