After the hurricane thoughts....

[oscarvan]

Getting closer to retirement, and Hattie ownership. reading a lot, thinking a lot. Running my line of thinking by you all....

If I can do 12-14 knots and have a few days warning I can get 300-500 miles out of the way of a hurricane.... Better than any amount of lines, floating, fixed or otherwise dock, hauling (if there's a lift available) or any secret hurricane hole....

How many of you have a plan to move the boat out of the way if necessary?

[SKYCHENEY]

Run, Forest, Run

[Boatsb]

.more like walk forest walk

[jim rosenthal]

Sounds expensive to move your boat like that. A haulout would cost you less and be easier to do.

[Briankinley2004]

I know people who go that route. I would be nervous about another one coming behind. Seems like alot of times they come in sets. I remember Katrina hit the East side of our state and wasn't just a couple weeks later Rita hit the other side.

[Briankinley2004]

Sounds expensive to move your boat like that. A haulout would cost you less and be easier to do.

Jim I have a question concerning the haul out. We dont do that where I am from. Most people run "up da bayou" out of the surge. The ones I saw on the web cam link posted here earlier last week appeared to be on blocks with the keel being maybe 3' off the ground. What happens when you get a 10-20 ft surge. It seems to me they would float off the blocks and bang around. I guess if the surge is only a few feet it would be ok but we have seen 20' surges before.

[Walter P]

Brian,

You have a valid concern.... About 6 years ago Super Storm "Sandy" hit NJ and some parts of the state
got 13 to 14 ft of surge and lifted many boats and carried them away to destruction. Quite a few of my
friends lost their boats because of that. Most others that were well secured in their slips survived except
for some that were on floating docks and the entire dock system floated away. My club marina got over
13 ft of surge and survived by only inches from all of our docks floating away. We did not lose a single
boat and since we were well prepared our boats got very little damage. My 1982 48 Hatteras MY looked
like it was a bug caught in a giant "spider web but even then I snapped a couple of 3/4" lines. They
actually melted from the severe pulling and contraction.

There are many stories of storm preparation experience but all you can hope for it do the best you can
and trust that your boat will survive

Walt