Lukia Image book

Lukia Image book

2010-11-30

She sits on the Trailer

While I was working in Nagoya, the low developed into the Typhoon 4th in Okinawa. 
The typhoon had 994 hectopascal and the wind blew at the speed 35 knot around the center of the typhoon. The maximum speed was 50 knots in a moment.

It was not a big one but it still affected us severely since it would come to our boat Minor29DC directly.
When the typhoon was getting in close proximity to Iejima port, the waves were 5 meters and tide level was 10 centimeters higher than the quay of Iejima port.The water spread over the road. Before the Typhoon came into Iejima, our Minor29DC was moored at the quay. If she was left alone at the quay, she might have been crushed and sunk under the water.

Mr. Miyagi had guarded our Minor29DC from the typhoon perfectly. As the big salvage ship in Iejima Port moved to near the Minor29DC, Mr Miyagi asked to the salvage crew to moor the Minor29DC at the salvage's platform with a heavy line. After mooring to the salvage ship, our Minor29DC had no more risk to run aground, even though any strong wave shook her.

After the typhoon's gone, Mr. Miyagi made a special trailer for our Minor29DC. That is a very steady trailer. While my wife, Mami was watching the photo of the Minor29DC on the trailer, she said, "This boat looks like a train and likely to run on the rail!"