How to Choose the Best Marina for a Hurricane or Storm | BoatUS

BoatUS Magazine's Lenny Rudow sits down for a chat with Mike McCook, Field Operations Manager for the BoatUS Catastrophe Team. Mike has headed up the CAT Team since 1983. The team of surveyors goes out to areas affected by hurricanes to help find GEICO/BoatUS Insured boats, start the claim process, and manage salvage operations as needed. Over the last three decades, Mike has learned a lot about what works -- and what doesn't -- when it comes to helping a boat survive a hurricane or severe storm. One of the big things is choosing the right marina. Mike outlines what things to look for when choosing a marina, such as good maintenance, tall pilings, and well-secured hardware. They discuss fixed docks versus floating docks, hauling and jacking boats on land, hurricane plans (for you AND the marina), breakwater and protection, dry stacks, hurricane clubs, and more. You'll learn a ton about what things will give your boat the best possible opportunity to survive a storm with little to no damage.


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[delfino]

I have a 18 foout pontoon at the Punta Gorda Marina in Punta Gorda Fl. When I received my email about my insurance company paying 1/2 of the haul out fee I called the marina and spoke to the girl that runs it Stacey. I asked her what is her take on hauling my boat out. She said she sees more damage to boats that are hauled out. So she and the workers took off my bimini top and put extra lines on it. PG marina is a working marina and it had a small entrance that looks like a culver sac.

[_noname]

boats do better at anchor vs marina.. esp during a moon tide