The houseboat has been thru many hurricanes…..

Berta: We were so prepared that the boat was full of people having a hurricane party and we spent the night at the front of the boat feeling the breeze but the damages were minor.

Floyd: I was flying to Brazil  for Polar Air Cargo….(the same month I started dating my Brown eye Girl screaming Brazilian ) and I  did not had time to go to GTC and take care of the houseboat . So some local’s got her and let the anchor drop in black sound harbor without know if the anchor was tied or not. So the first squall coming from south drags the houseboat to shore. In the first little beach on the right, coming to Black Sound. That was my luck because even after the tide coming in she set right there with Zero damage.
After the hurricane I spent a lot of time researching how I would take my boat from that place without damage the bottom. My airplane mechanic at that time gave me the best idea and opposite as everybody imagined we took the boat doing exactly what he said for me to do.
Paying a bunch of guys and with the help of lot’s of friends, some doing cooking, some cleaning and some carrying weight, we built a dike around the boat and pump water from the ocean so the boat slowly started moving. We built about 4 times and finally she floated and came back to the dock…..

Frances, Jeanne in 2004 we had some tough time and she was sitting at the mangroves for 3 month. We had some roof damage, gutters and railings but nothing bad at all.

Click here and them  " Hurricane Time "   for the  photo gallery of the huge preparation process we have to do before any hurricane .