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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