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Hurricane Preparation
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Safely store your Boat
-Listen to National Weather Service warnings. Be proactive, move your boat to a safe mooring area before the arrival of storm tides.
-Trailered boats should be removed from the water and stored securely.
-Visiting boat owners should check with local marina operators to find a safe anchoring area.
-Safe mooring rigging should utilize good condition ropes of a larger size, with extra length and three or four secure anchoring points for each boat.
-Boats should be moored in groups with bow lines individually tied high to a large tree or piling on shore with a loose rope to allow for rising tides. The stern should be secured with anchors. Boats in the group should hang fenders to protect the hull topsides.
-Mooring parallel to the shore should be avoided. Receding tides can capsize and flood boats secured in this fashion.
-All loose gear should be stowed securely. Sailboats should remove all sails to reduce windage. Powerboats should remove and stow canvas biminis, tarps, etc.
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Links
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Hurricane Preparation
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Boatbuilding.net
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ACE Recreational Marine Insurance provides free boaters guide to hurricane preparation
With the hurricane season already upon us, climate experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say there is a 90 percent chance for a near or above normal 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season, resulting in the need for boaters in hurricane-prone regions to have preparation plans in place. NOAA scientists predict between 12 to 16 named storms this year, with 6 to 9 becoming hurricanes, of which 2 to 5 could become major hurricanes of Category 3 strength or higher.
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