Florida

Sancho

(9,070 posts) Mon Oct 8, 2018, 01:32 PM Oct 2018

I'm on the west coast...looking at 4ft higher tides and 50 knot winds here in 2 days...

but the people in the Pensacola are going to have it rough.

Hurricane Michael keeps ramping up. The water is really warm.

I just went down and double tied the boat.

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I'm on the west coast...looking at 4ft higher tides and 50 knot winds here in 2 days... (Original Post) Sancho Oct 2018 OP

I'm on the east coast. Stay safe! CaptainTruth Oct 2018 #1

Can you take your boat out of the water? Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #2

We usually don't haul the boats out... Sancho Oct 2018 #4

Stay safe Gothmog Oct 2018 #3

Stay safe. Mandatory evacuations in some counties. LoisB Oct 2018 #5

Will be thinking of you and all my friends in Florida locks Oct 2018 #6

They have started evacuating some coastal areas already... Sancho Oct 2018 #7

CaptainTruth

(6,591 posts)

1. I'm on the east coast. Stay safe!

Reply to Sancho (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2018, 01:59 PM

Oct 2018

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

2. Can you take your boat out of the water?

Reply to Sancho (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2018, 02:02 PM

Oct 2018

Seems like it would still be a huge risk to keep it docked under those conditions. How big is it?

Sancho

(9,070 posts)

4. We usually don't haul the boats out...

Reply to Crutchez_CuiBono (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 8, 2018, 03:25 PM

Oct 2018

but it could be done if we had lots of time.

Florida is so flat, that the main issue is surge. If you are on the East side of hurricanes the water piles up and floods everything.

I have an (old) sailboat, and it's not really trailerable.