Jacquin haul out in NJ?

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Wondering what the consensus is in NJ regarding this hurricane. I'm considering hauling out tomorrow but it looks to be crappy every day through into next week. Double-up the lines and ride her out - or head out in the wind tomorrow for a haulout and be done with it?
 
I'm down in Maryland on the bay. I'm hauling out today. If it heads our way it will be a mad scramble this weekend.


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Every situation is different but during Sandy most boats at our marina that was hauled was damaged or totaled, the ones that stayed in did better. Your ins co may dictate what you do but im staying in and riding this one out. Best of luck to us all



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If you want to increase you chance of getting a new boat (when yours sinks) pull it out... My boat did great in the water with Sandy... My friends who pulled theirs out all have new boats... lengthen your lines, and add a few... Unplug you shore power, and add some fenders... I also threw out an anchor to keep my boat for hitting my dock...
 
Heading to the boat right now to haul it. Can't do it tomorrow, and Saturday will be too late. It may be a different equation near the beaches, but on the Delaware River around Philadelphia and that part of southern NJ, with hurricane winds and flooding, in my experience we are better off up on blocks than in the water. Good luck everyone.
 
man, I hope Saturday isn't too late. That's the first chance I'll have to haul out, plus hopefully by then they'll know if we actually need to or not.
 
FWIW I don't think Saturday will necessarily be too late weather wise. I just think if it does end up heading our way, Saturday may become a logistical nightmare if there is suddenly a big rush. I suppose it depends on your marina and the number of boats there.
 
Interesting that boats in the water fared better,but makes sense.

I wish all of you in the NE the best.

Hopefully it will follow the Euro model which showed it heading back out to sea.
 
Stayin' in the slip. That land thing didn't work out too well for me with last time...

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Going down today to add lines and try to prevent owning a larger boat in the near future. But staying in aswell
 
One of the lessons Sandy taught us was that if you are going to haul, leave your plug in.
 
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Down here in FL we are have a pretty good system but nothing is 100%. Sometimes when you haul, it doesn't work well, sometimes when you leave it in the water, it doesn't work well. The biggest difference I think between NJ (or more northern climates) opposed to FL is how the boats are set on the blocks. Yes, do not pull your plug. Leave batteries on and allow water ever rain gets in to be removed. If you get rain inside your boat from rain, you have a problem and that should be fixed. Boats should not get rain inside them during rain. Boats are tied to the ground with multiple anchors, tied to each other when in close proximity as well. Make a spider web of lines which will strengthen the mass.

The problem with leaving the boat in the water is what happens when the water is over the dock? Now you boat is being pulled down. 20-25' storm surge can easily do that. Floating docks can come off the pylons OR the pylons can break under massive storm surge. Ft Pierce marina lost ALL boat in the water on the floating docks, they all sunk right where the slips used to be due to them coming off the pylons or the pylons breaking. Environmental mess and now your boat is a sunk.

There is no right or wrong answer. You have to weigh your options. BUT DO SOMETHING. Triple lines, fenders, way away from the docks if possible. All canvas down, batteries charged and once they cut the power to the dock you can disconnect from the shore power but not before. Good luck and I hope the storm does out to sea and leaves everyone alone.
 
I'm gunna go drop the hook in the middle of the bay and let out 250 ft of line and take the dingy back in . That's probably the safest way to do it. I went out to go throw some more lines on her before and ended up cleaning and fixing my sync guage. That shows you how concerned I am. Sync works again tho!
 
I would want to add more lines to mine but I am in FL this weekend!! Had a short trip to Disney planned with the family then the hurricane came. I still don't know if we will be able to get back home during our scheduled Sunday PM flight!


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LTD.330 said:
One of the lessons Sandy taught us was that if you are going to haul, leave your plug in.
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I've heard this several times from folks affected by Sandy. Is it because the tide surge was high and the boats would float and ultimately sink?
 
Yes, the surge came in, floated the boats off of their shoring, and then they sank.
 
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