Hurricane Prep

[tonytrakovich]

So, sitting here in Lighthouse Point with Bella Sophia tied up in the middle of the canal. The eye of Matthew stayed to the east a little so it shouldn't be a factor. Expecting 60 mph winds on the back side tonight. Not as bad as it could have been.

Question. When tied off in the middle of Canal with no shore power, generator on or off?

 

[Pascal]

I would stay on board and obviously run teh Genset

if not staying on the boat, I'd probably leave the Genset off. Obviously safety switches woudl shut if off if raw water flow is reduced but chances are that with all the debris, it will shut down. So no need to bother.

Also depends if you're staying ashore next to the boat in which case you can gp back on quickly. If you need to evacuate it may be days before the nanny state authorities let you back in so do y want to let it run for that long?

Tough one

Personally, unless one has bigger priorities like s big home or business, in this case I can understand why anyone up to vero beach or even a little higher didn't move their boats south to miami or the keys as the forecast was so clear

 

[PeterK]

We went up the St Lucie north branch and, thankfully the small jog east spared us the worst. Ironically, the 2 boats ahead of me came UP from Lauderdale!

 

[bobk]

We went up the St Lucie north branch and, thankfully the small jog east spared us the worst. Ironically, the 2 boats ahead of me came UP from Lauderdale!

Peter, good to hear you made out OK. Did you anchor? Where and what ground tackle? I was going to suggest Kitching Cove to you, but the boats that tried that in 2004(?) all dragged in the soft ooze.

Bobk