We feel fairly lucky to have gotten by with some cleat damage and some scratches in the Awlgrip. Many of the light weight cruising boats with unprotected rudders will spend some time in the boat yard before they go back into the water.

We are expecting to get dropped directly back into water. Hopefully, within a month.

We are not out the woods yet. It may be several weeks before the boats can be moved. During that time the public is clammoring to get in and sight-see the disaster area, and then there are the looters. The salvage guys have already come by to try to swindle the boat owners. Some of the liveaboard owners have armed themselves with shotguns and are chasing people away. The police drive by occasionally, but they have too many other things to do, so they have not said no to the guns, but they don't want them pointed at anyone.

Then there are the insurance companies. When they bring in their own crews to dig out their insured's boats, they are likely to cause collateral damage on other boats.

So round #2 of the big fight with Ike begins. We got bumped and bruised in the 1st round. The more time that we can be in Baytown to watch our boat the more likely we will continue to have a boat worth keeping.

Like many boaters for cost reasons we keep minimal insurance. Round two is going to hurt.