Lesson learned in Sandy.. If you haul your boat LEAVE the drain plug in and make sure the battery is fully charged.
Most boats hauled or already out for season pulled drain plugs and removed their batteries. So the storm surge filled them up with seawater and ruined the boat because it sank for one storm tide.
Gerry is right. In the right protected & non fixed dock marina with doubled dock lines and chafing gear on you'll be better off.
Get buddy to check his and yours so you can double the surveillance.
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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski
Staying in our slip for a few reasons. Our marina is fairly protected and we are on floating docks which typically are better for riding out storms and higher waters.
Had we left our last boat in the slip during Sandy we'd probably still have that boat. Instead we pulled it and had it up on stands in one of the local boats yards and it wound up in a pile of other boats that got knocked around by the storm surge. One of my friends left his in our Marina and was fine other then a little fiberglass and rub rail damage.
If you do decide to pull your boat, make sure you store it up on high ground or your better off leaving it in the water.
If I had a trailor for my boat and a truck capable of towing it, I'd probably pull it just to be on the safe side.
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