BOATS & HURRICANES: For you people in hurricane country please explain this to me, see lots of boats pile up because of the hurricane and lots of them boats are worth big bucks. How...

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

For you people in hurricane country please explain this to me, see lots of boats pile up because of the hurricane and lots of them boats are worth big bucks. How come the owners didn't pull them out or tried to sail into safe water somewhere? You can't move your home or business but I would think you could move your boat.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

ranger632 wrote:

For you people in hurricane country please explain this to me, see lots of boats pile up because of the hurricane and lots of them boats are worth big bucks. How come the owners didn't pull them out or tried to sail into safe water somewhere? You can't move your home or business but I would think you could move your boat.

One reason would be that some folks have Florida as a get away home or that pesky time share stuff and just keep their boats there.

Another reason i am guessing that some relied on the marina owners to tie them down or take them out in safe harbors.

Then there is that they have money and they paid their insurance last month attitude.

D Tong Loc: San Francisco,Ca

I personally don’t like having to deal with insurance when it comes to dealing with claims and collecting 👎🤬😡
It took 6 months and a big headache when I lost my Boat in the 2019 fires 🔥
Hopefully 🙏 I’ll never have to go through that again

florida Loc: Southwest Florida/ Virginia

Some owners had little time to do much about their boat. IAN was going to hit Tampa and ended up in FT Meyers. The boats you are looking at could not be pulled in enough time.

Gary W. Allen

Darn good question, unless insured and wanting a bigger one with $$$$.

mistred64 Loc: Grayslake, illinois

florida wrote:

Some owners had little time to do much about their boat. IAN was going to hit Tampa and ended up in FT Meyers. The boats you are looking at could not be pulled in enough time.

There is truth to that. My mother-in-law lives in Punta Gorda and a friend took her to Ft. Myers for shelter. And then Ian decided to go to Ft. Myers and Punta Gorda instead of Tampa. Also many of those boats belong to snowbirds. No chance to get down there. As far as the boat owners that live there, there is probably a long line of boats waiting to be pulled out and time runs out. Plus those boaters have to worry about securing their home. Marinas and company's that work with the boat owners shut down so their employees can be home to take care of their personal homes and families. Hoping to not be in the bullseye is what most can do.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

ranger632 wrote:

For you people in hurricane country please explain this to me, see lots of boats pile up because of the hurricane and lots of them boats are worth big bucks. How come the owners didn't pull them out or tried to sail into safe water somewhere? You can't move your home or business but I would think you could move your boat.

It would take weeks to pull all those bigger boats out, and block them up at a marina. Then when the storm surge came, they would float away anyway. Most people double up their dock Lines and fenders, but when the dock is destroyed, they wind up in a pile.
I watched Hurricane Gloria sink over 30 boats in Clinton Harbor, when I had my 28 footer down there. I kept mine in the Hammonssset river, at Riverside Basin Marina. It was an excellent "Hurricane Hole ",and several boats from the harbor came up and moored in the river.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

plumbob wrote:

One reason would be that some folks have Florida as a get away home or that pesky time share stuff and just keep their boats there.

Another reason i am guessing that some relied on the marina owners to tie them down or take them out in safe harbors.

Then there is that they have money and they paid their insurance last month attitude.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

D Tong wrote:

I personally don’t like having to deal with insurance when it comes to dealing with claims and collecting 👎🤬😡
It took 6 months and a big headache when I lost my Boat in the 2019 fires 🔥
Hopefully 🙏 I’ll never have to go through that again

Hope you don't have to also. Even if you have insurance it never covers everything.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

florida wrote:

Some owners had little time to do much about their boat. IAN was going to hit Tampa and ended up in FT Meyers. The boats you are looking at could not be pulled in enough time.

I can see that, same thing with the fires out here, they tell you to leave and then the fire turns and goes the other way. Mother Nature does what she wants. My son lives in Sarasota and came through all right.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

mistred64 wrote:

There is truth to that. My mother-in-law lives in ... (show quote)

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

Fredfish wrote:

It would take weeks to pull all those bigger boats... (show quote)

Hauling those big boats out I image is quite the job. All I would have to do is throw my kayak in the back of the pickup and go.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

ranger632 wrote:

Hauling those big boats out I image is quite the job. All I would have to do is throw my kayak in the back of the pickup and go.

It takes about 1.5 hrs to haul, powerwash and block up a 35 footer. Multiplied by several hundred boats in each marina....
Since Florida is a year round boating area, there's probably not enough space to put them all up on land at the same time anyway.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

Fredfish wrote:

It takes about 1.5 hrs to haul, powerwash and block up a 35 footer. Multiplied by several hundred boats in each marina....
Since Florida is a year round boating area, there's probably not enough space to put them all up on land at the same time anyway.

I knew there was a reason just didn't know what it was. Thanks

Jeremy Loc: America

Anyone assuming a Marina is automatically going to make sure all the boats are going to be safe are doing just that ASSUMING.

If someone owns big boat and has someone contracted to do it may end up being told tough stuff we are evacuating and your boat is not more important than my life.