Florida Statute 327.59 Marina evacuations.—
(1) After June 1, 1994, marinas may not adopt, maintain, or enforce policies pertaining to evacuation of vessels which require vessels to be removed from marinas following the issuance of a hurricane watch or warning, in order to ensure that protecting the lives and safety of vessel owners is placed before interests of protecting property.
Tom if you're still in Northwest Creek that's about as good as you can hope for. It'll be all about the surge there. Good luck!
Florida Statute 327.59 Marina evacuations.—
(1) After June 1, 1994, marinas may not adopt, maintain, or enforce policies pertaining to evacuation of vessels which require vessels to be removed from marinas following the issuance of a hurricane watch or warning, in order to ensure that protecting the lives and safety of vessel owners is placed before interests of protecting property.
BB that's very interesting, esp. the date it was implemented. When I lived in Key Largo (roughly 2005-2010) the Mom & Pop marinas still made folks sign a storm evac clause. Sadly (depending on your bent), I think most of them have sold out and have become much more commercialized. When we left we were living in one of only 3 (that I knew of) privately owned RV parks on Key Largo. The rest had sold out to developers and folks in them were on borrowed time until the economy turned and the building would start.
PS we were only paying $50/month for a slip back then!!!!
I expect if challenged, the clause would be found illegal and struck from the contract. But that doesn't stop people from putting it in contracts and asking people to leave. Assuming the law dates back to '94, I'd be surprised if there isn't already some case law on this.
And speaking of these requirements to remove you boat... where exactly are they all supposed to go? Around here, nearly everyone hauls out in the winter, so there is space for everyone. That's the good news. But it also takes months to haul them all out in the fall, and months to launch them all again in the spring. So no way to haul everyone in 2-3 days. And there is very limited free space in marinas in the region, so it's not like everyone can go to some marina far away, especially when you consider that "far away" in hurricane terms is hundreds of miles, and perhaps a thousand ore more where a storm is going to sweep a coast line. I know some marinas offer hurricane haulout deals where they will reserve space and haul you. But that can't serve more than a fraction of the boats in the water
So how is this supposed to work?
For those of you in harms way. I've been in the middle of many hurricanes (USCG), living in Houston, and now SW Florida.
Personally felt the eye of Ike, Ida, and Irma.
Our 52,000 lb 49' DeFever was set 22 feet up in the parking lot during Ike. We were at anchor for Ida, and secured our Albin in our Hurricane hole marina here in Cape Harbour during Irma.
Run from Water, Hide from Wind.
Baton down the hatches now. Take lots of pictures of how well you secured your boat and how well you neighbors secured theirs. It makes a difference to be able to demonstrate to your insurance company your efforts to secure your boat.
Take off personal items you don't want to lose.
Sorry for the grim suggestions, just be very, very, careful and be very, very safe.
So how is this supposed to work?
I dont know how many remember the rains and flooding from the one hurricane in the carolina's back in the 90's or 2000's that knocked out all the ATMs for over a week. You couldnt use them for days either as debit or CC.
So how is this supposed to work?
I hope something changes to push this storm north and keep it off land.
We here in Seaford look to be getting a steady 40mph wind from ENE and maybe 3 to 5 foot surge.
That wind will force boat into the wood finger pier, plan to attach several bumpers to the fixed pier and set some longer spring lines and those cross tied aft lines, I need to loosen them up, that way boat can easily ride up with the water. There is a 40 foot Luhrs right next me and a 30 foot Tiara to left of me. Neither owner has done a thing. And neither have any of the big sailboat owners come out to do a thing. Many of the smaller trailered boats pulled out.
Not likely, based on the steadiness of the spaghetti models. I just sent out a revised hurricane restriction notice that prevents any new insurance business being bound in not just the Carolinas, but the Virginias as well....Isaac and Olivia were also on this notice.
Not pretty.
Does this slip make my boat look small?
View attachment 80797
View attachment 80798
Moved my 35' charter boat to a 60' slip this afternoon. Storm lines are in place. Basically, the boat can move around in the slip without being able to touch pilings, docks and the finger pier. All the extra slack in the lines should allow the boat to handle a 10 to 15' above normal high water. Fingers crossed; head to the trawler tomorrow morning to secure it.
Ted
The models I'm watching are still a little squirrelly near landfall. I'm hoping for some kind of change for the better. Not expecting to see it go north but nothing a hurricane does surprises me. In fact if anything it may land a little farther south according to some experts.
I'm hoping for a little weakening near landfall but it probably won't feel like a break. Not a reason to change any plans.
That map I posted earlier is not static, it updates every time the forum page is loaded. It also resizes if you click the bar.
Absolutely, the cord runs parallel to the stern line, but there's a large bow in the power cable.Does your shorepower cable have enough slack for that type of surge?
Yes.....but the guiding fronts may collapse as it reaches shore like they did in Harvey. It's supposed to only be moving at the speed of 5 knots. There's even a possibility of it sliding south after it hits. The winds are expected to weaken as it reaches shore. Certainly if it's a CAT 3 vs. CAT 4 that can reduce wind damage. However, flooding will still be a major concern.
I just saw videos of cars leaving the evacuation zone. Very slow.