After the storm

 There was plenty of damage locally following the stormy weekend, just one of many trees that came down almost blocking the path I use every day, this was one a mighty oak, probably 200 years old or so. Not a great picture but you can it ripped up the foot path.

 

Down on the foreshore you might have trouble keeping this marker post to port, difficult to tell if it was pulled out of the soft Hamble mud by the wind or if the base had been eaten away by the gribble, either way navigation just got a little more tricky.

 The local Sea Scouts dinghy park was particularly exposed and ended up in a complete tangle.

 An emergency working party was called for Sunday morning which was well attended and especially helpful, one of the members brought a breakdown truck with a small crane.

Untangling everything was like one of those games where you pull out the straws while trying not to have all the others fall down. It took a couple of hours to get everything back on land and on their trailers.

This was especially tricky, the Hobie was impaled on the Laser, shredding the trampoline and the front cross member was totaled, but worse still the Hobie fore stay has literally sawed right across the Laser, you can see where it exits the deck on the starboard side.

Close up of the damage from underneath - cheap Laser anyone needs some TLC...