I’ve been living in
Miami for 27 years and have had a
boat for 20 of those years. I can tell you for a fact that the storms are starting earlier each year and the surge is what you have to worry about.
We have a 40ft 2009
Leopard cat and our
insurance requires us to take the
boat out during named storms and have a backup plan
In 2017 we took the boat out in
Key Largo and it wasn’t the
wind from Irma that got us it was the surge. Luckily the boat slowly floated against another with little damage (we watched it on our blink cameras on
WiFi hot spot we have on boat)
Our marina at matheson was wrecked during that storm and several boats sank. Dinner key was even worse in fact they are still fixing half the marina to this day. I would not recommend leaving your boat on the
mooring field there. It’s open to the worst of all winds when a storm passes just south of us like Irma did...and that was 75 miles or so south
Now we have an annual plan with
hurricane cove up the river and actually just hauled out and relaunched For Isaias
2020 Is a cursed year as far as we’re concerned so we are not messing with things
The backup plan is a star
anchoring scheme behind the
marine stadium. In fact I saw dozens of sail boats anchored there today coming back. I have read the bottom is sand and mud and offer very good holding the only issue is other boats dragging
You could always try and find a narrow mangrove lined channel and tie up but personally I have only read about that option
Everything can be prepared for if you have a plan and start early (we did so Wednesday last week) - these days the only place to avoid
hurricane threat is moving your boat to
panama during hurricane season ! So make a plan and enjoy the move ! As a
New Jersey transplant I can tell you I gladly manage the hurricane risks vs the freezing bad
weather in
New York.