Regarding boats that are kept in the water year around or are too large to
easily transport, what do the boat owners do when a hurricane is forecast to
hit the area? What if they do not live near the boat, i.e., out of state?

Just curious.

s

what do the boat owners do when a hurricane is forecast

Either tie the boat up very well in a protected spot or run. You only hope the
forcast is correct and you run the right way.

Whenthe tailend of hurricanes make it up here, we double-up the lines.
that is...two bow lines, two stern , two forward and two aft spring lines.

stealth wrote in message
...
Regarding boats that are kept in the water year around or are too large to
easily transport, what do the boat owners do when a hurricane is forecast
to
hit the area? What if they do not live near the boat, i.e., out of state?

Just curious.

s

"stealth" wrote in message
...
Regarding boats that are kept in the water year around or are too large to
easily transport, what do the boat owners do when a hurricane is forecast
to
hit the area? What if they do not live near the boat, i.e., out of state?

Just curious.

s



Tie it down to the lift really well, get the lift as high as I can and worry
a lot.

Even if you have a trailer towing a boat in hurricane evacuation traffic
would be trying, to say the least.

Written 1/2 mile in from the Atlantic in Central Florida. Also lived in
Broward County in South Florida during Andrew in 1992. Tied up the boat
good, put out anchors in the channel, taped all the hatches & vents and
wished it well. It was ok when we came home but the tide had been about 4
feet higher than a normal high tide. We were lucky to be about 60 miles
north of the eye.

"stealth" wrote in message ...
Regarding boats that are kept in the water year around or are too large to
easily transport, what do the boat owners do when a hurricane is forecast to
hit the area? What if they do not live near the boat, i.e., out of state?

Just curious.

s

If you can get to the boat, take it out far enough off shore to not
get blown in, trail a couple of warps, and ride it out. The navy did
a bunch of research on drogues to prevent pitchpoling. The one the
discovered was best had a lead weight on the end (about 50 lbs for mid
30's footer) with a whole bunch of nylon ripstop funnels sewed on
nylon line. The *worst* place for a boat is in the harbor during a
hurricane.

Probably be a good idea to fit plywood shutters on your portlights if
they are the the larger variety.

Batten down the hatches and don't forget your dramamine!

-Kevin

"stealth" wrote in message ...
Regarding boats that are kept in the water year around or are too large to
easily transport, what do the boat owners do when a hurricane is forecast to
hit the area? What if they do not live near the boat, i.e., out of state?

Just curious.

s


Oh, one more thing. Make *sure* everything is tied down real well. I
heard of one fellow who got out in some rough weather and he forgot
that he stowed the spare anchor below the sole. When the boat turned
turtle the anchor decided to come out and chase him around the cabin a
bit.

-K

Here in Conn. they take the boat upriver to a protected marina
or haul it out for the duration.

Those who would tather have the insurance money do nothing.

Find your insurance agent's home address and send him flowers. When he calls
to thank you, remind him that you know where he lives.

"stealth" wrote in message
...
Regarding boats that are kept in the water year around or are too large to
easily transport, what do the boat owners do when a hurricane is forecast
to
hit the area? What if they do not live near the boat, i.e., out of state?

Just curious.

s

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Find your insurance agent's home address and send him flowers. When he
calls
to thank you, remind him that you know where he lives.




So the concensus is that you tie the boat up and hope for the best. I would
have thought that a boat would take a severe thrashing beating up against
the dock once the water churned up due to the storm. Thanks for the
feedback.

s

"stealth" wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Find your insurance agent's home address and send him flowers. When he
calls
to thank you, remind him that you know where he lives.




So the concensus is that you tie the boat up and hope for the best. I
would
have thought that a boat would take a severe thrashing beating up against
the dock once the water churned up due to the storm. Thanks for the
feedback.


I don't know if it's a consensus, really. What if the boat's too big to
transport, but too small to take out to sea? Or, what if your level of skill
for the "out to sea" idea is just not up to par?