THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, August 16, 1995 TAG: 9508160429
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LARRY W. BROWN, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 66 lines
Surging tides that accompany hurricanes like Felix pose a serious threat to boat owners and marinas. More than 57,500 boats are registered in Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore by the state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. At least 1,200 more are federally registered.
Here is a pre-hurricane report from local marinas:
Atlantic Yacht Basin, located in the Great Bridge area of Chesapeake, was one of the preferred places to seek calm waters because of its inland location.
Boaters from Hampton Roads to the Outer Banks were seeking shelter there. The basin has a 1,200-foot transient dock and was not filled Tuesday.
Phone: 482-2141
Marina Shores Marina, Virginia Beach:
The marina is equipped with floating docks and was not filled Tuesday.
Phone: 496-7000
Tidewater Yacht Marina, Portsmouth:
The marina did not report many boats seeking shelter there. Those docked are remaining. Slips were still available Tuesday.
Phone: 393-2525
Willoughby Bay Marina Inc., Norfolk:
The marina called its customers to get their vessels, a manager said.
About 30 to 40 boats remained in the slips late Tuesday. The marina also has a dry storage facility. If people do not pick up their boats, staffers will try to house them in dry storage, he said.
Phone: 583-8223
Bay Point Marina, Norfolk:
More than 250 boats were docked Tuesday, and many more were expected to sail in, but the marina was not filled.
Phone: 362-8432
Little Creek Marina, Norfolk:
The marina was not requiring boaters to remove their vessels, but the boats should be double-tied and monitored.
By Tuesday afternoon only two or three boats had pulled out.
Phone: 362-3600
Virginia Beach Fishing Center, Virginia Beach:
About half a dozen head boats and charter boats remained Tuesday afternoon, but staffers said those would be gone by the evening.
Meanwhile, every boat in Rudee Inlet will head for safe harbor in Little Creek Cove, Lynnhaven Bay or the Intracoastal Waterway that passes through Great Bridge in Chesapeake. Some, staffers said, are headed to the York River.
Phone: 491-8000
Pirate's Cove Yacht Club and Marina, Manteo, N.C.:
Most boats were being moved inland mainly to canals in areas near Edenton, Elizabeth City and South Mills.
Phone: (919) 473-5553
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, Outer Banks, N.C.:
Many boaters headed to Coinjock and into the West Albemarle sound, near Edenton.
Phone: (919) 441-6301 MEMO: Staff writer Bill Reed contributed to this report.
KEYWORDS: HURRICANE FELIX by CNB