prevent hurricane damage

[yknot]

I am new to Sarasota Fl. I have a slip in a protected marina a short distance from Sarasota Bay. In the marina, each boat has two pilings that the boats are tied between at the stern and the bow is tied to the dock. I have a 27' Oday that I have a trailer for.
Question is: When a hurricane is coming, am I better off tying it up in the water or tying it down to the ground on my trailer, inland a few miles?

yknot

 

[bobtigar]

You are better off putting on the trailer and towing it way inland to a protected area. We've been in Fl for 12 years and have had 4 very close calls. The surge and damage from other boats are unperdictable. No matter how good a job you think you can do, there are less problems when its high & dry. Bob

 

[Ross]

How tall are the pilings above the water and how high will the storm surge be? Is the dock floating? How far above sea level is the place where you would park the boat?

 

[Tim R.]

It is like driving in the snow(if you ever have), you can do great controlling your own car, it is the other idiots you have to watch out for.

IOW, other boats breaking loose because they are not properly secured are more likely to damage yours than yours breaking loose assuming you have prepped it properly.

Like Bob said, get it inland on the trailer.

Also, secure that email address as it is likely to attract a hurricane of spam if you leave it on your message like that.

 

[RichH]

Definitely - out of the water.

Your insurance policy may have it in the fine print that they will reimburse some of the cost of removing your boat from the water during 'named' storms.

Tied down (to the ground) to anchors embedded into the ground is even better when stored on land.

 

[Bad Obsession]

Being able to put it on a trailer and move it off and away from the water is a good idea. There is always that idiot with that derelict boat that fails to do anything to his boat and they always have those ratty lines for dock lines. It is inevitable that their boat will break loose and damage yours.

No matter what, when a severe storm comes through it is like russian roulette. Sometimes the gun goes off and kills you...other times it just goes click! You never know what you get until it is over.