been in a hurrican int he bahamas and just beached my boat in the marsh and tied to a bunch of mangroves and put the anchor on land,, i have a 2 foot draft on my cat. Rode out a hurricane on a 150 foot boat once and had NO damage to it when most of hte boats had lots of damage including loss of vessel due to stupidy of hte captains. the boat I was on doubles the lines, doubles the enders an put a morring in,,, 18 foot screw type that went into the bottom. This kept the boat OFF the dock by 8 feet, used older lines that were already streched,,, most people thought that was crazy but it worked and gave lots of room between dock and boat, everybody has different opioins about it,,,, one thing I know for a fact,,, no matter how well you tie your boat up or anchor your boat most of the damage at marinas come from the idot captains and owners who DO not tie there boat up right and they break free and start hitting the dock and other boats, when that happens there is NOTHING you can do

OK, I'll start adding those grains of salt! It's the problem with this medium - can't always catch the sarcasm, or any other subtleties. I'm pretty close by - in Ft. Pierce. How will you handle a hurricane in Miami?

Don't take everything i say on the CF seriously,,,, I have lots of respect for women,,,, thought my post was funny,,, have to have some fun sometimes,,, used to live on my boat in north miami at maul lake marina,,,, spent over 12 years in fort lauderdale working as a chef on private yachts,,,, still living there now but working in the gulf
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