Boat prep

[Eric B]

Too early to make assumptions about this storm. I would however be interested to hear how some of you who have been through a major event prep your boats. I have heard fill them with water and fuel, flatten tires. Are these good methods and are there others?

[Vezo, Part II]

Secure hull to trailer? Secure trailer to four different points/anchors/trees? Say a prayer? And pop a top? Or bring it with you?

[cdavisdb]

My plan: If its a 4 or 5 coming in from the Gulf, or if extreme rain is forcast, We leave, hitch up the boat and head for Gainesville on the back roads at 3 am, a day earlier than most people will move. Otherwise, we are surrounded with big live oaks and fairly high. The boat sits between two, close together houses and our house is well armored. A big limb can still do a lot of damage, but a 3 or less isn't likely to be too much of a problem. I'm a little worried about the house next door coming apart, but nothing I can do about that.

[NoBones]

Hate to say it, but have a bad feeling about this storm....
Have already extended the inviatation to Area 442 for our friends
in the Keys !
Not that we will be exempt from major damage here..
I built this place to be a bomb shelter that can sustain itself for a month !!

Mathew was a test run as we went 7 days without any outside services...

Lets all hope and pray for the best..

Oh yeah, Eric if you are in a questionable area tuck your baby in the azz of your vehicle and get out...

[bumpdraft]

I don't know about filling the boat with water, but I always filled the fuel tank. It not only added weight, but served as a fuel source to run the generator and add fuel to the car without having to stand in the gas line at the stations. I was without electricity for 3 weeks with Frances. They make screw in earth anchors that you could use to strap the boat down. Block the wheels of the trailer. Hope that we don't get the 175 mph winds that the storm currently is.