Preparing for a hurricane? Don’t forget the boats around you. Helping them might be as important as prepping your own boat.
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Hurricane: Stay On the Boat or Not?
Staying on a boat during a hurricane is NOT recommended. But sometimes it’s the “least bad” alternative. What we learned from Hurricane Marty.
Hurricane Prep: Storing Things Below
Two important things to remember when you are preparing your boat for a hurricane and stowing everything that was on the deck of your boat down below.
Hurricane Prep: How Much Time Do You Have
When you see a hurricane heading towards you, how much time do you have for hurricane prep? Step-by-step way to determine when you need to be ready.
Hurricane Prep: Reducing Windage
Prepping for a hurricane on your boat? Reducing windage is key, particularly if you’re at a dock, on the hard, or tied to mangroves where you won’t even nominally be head to wind. What you need to know.
Hurricane Prep and Editable Checklist
A hurricane prep checklist for your boat will reduce stress if a storm is headed your way and can help get your hurricane plan approved. FREE download.
Hurricane Readiness
Hurricane Readiness: Seven truths to take to heart when a hurricane is headed towards your boat. Give your boat a fighting chance!
Cruise in Hurricane Season
How we actively cruise our boat during hurricane season: insurance, how to get weather information, plan our travel and guidelines for choosing where to go.
Hurricane Preparation for Boaters
How to prepare your boat for a hurricane — everything from getting forecasts to ground tackle and boat prep to the aftermath.
Hurricane Warning — Riding Out a Big Blow at Anchor
A detailed guide to preparing your boat and yourself to ride out a hurricane at anchor, published as “Riding Out Marty at Anchor” in BWS (cover feature).
