I'm on the Chesapeake just south of Annapolis and the current storm track
makes it look pretty ugly here Monday and Tuesday.  Obviously I'm going to
go down and take the sails off and remove anything that might get taken
away by the wind.  I've prepped for storms before, but not really sure that
I put the extra lines on properly. I thought I would ask the list for their
input.  I have a C&C 29 MK II and am in a slip on a fixed dock (not
floating) in the middle of a line of 20 boats or so.  I have sailboats in
slips on either side of me.  The slip has angels (pilings) off the bow and
the fixed dock at the stern and a short 6 foot finger pier along the port
side.  Normally I have stern lines that don't cross (I don't cross them
anymore as they tend to rip out the swim ladder) going to pilings on the
pier astern and fixed to the cleats on the aft port and starboard side of
the boat.  The bow lines go from cleats on the deck on either side of the
bow and through a gap in the toe rail to the pilings.  I also have a spring
line on the port side that goes from a cleat attached to the genoa track to
the piling off the port bow.  We are fairly protected and don't normally
get a lot of wave motion in the slips except when a power boater ignores
the speed limit.  Normal tidal range is only 2-3 feet.  Obviously the
potential wind, waves, storm surge and the abnormal tidal range all coming
together with this storm will make it unique.  So, the question is where
should I place extra lines?

My original intent was to leave the normal ones where they are, perhaps a
little looser than usual (will put larger fenders on either side of the
boat, especially near the finger pier).  I thought another spring line on
the starboard side maybe going aft would be good.  Then I think I should
double up the bow and stern lines, but the cleats won't hold more than one
line.  So where to put those?  In the past I have afixed the extra stern
lines to the main winches, but the bow lines are another issue.  Base of
the mast maybe?  I also intend to leave these double lines with much more
slack in them to account for tidal range.

Pat Nevitt
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