Danno

My boat is trailerless and stays in a marina's dry storage. I have though about what will I do if a storm moves in.

I remember just after Ivan, looking up the Escambia and seeing all of the boats up in trees, flipped and sunk. The tidal surge was the death to those boats. To get far enough up the Escambia to avoid this takes you deep in the river basin. In most cases you just can't anchor/tie off your boat and leave. There is no access to a road.

I have though about taking it up the Peridido, I have friends that live at Seminole Landing (but not on the water), I have considered tying it off there and using there launch as a pick-up point. Has anyone had experience on leaving a boat in this area?

P-cola_Native

Our 23' was fine in the barn at Daybreak during Ivan. I just put the plug in my 14' on the trailer in the back yard and let the rain fill it up. It didn't budge, but I needed new springs on the trailer (they were wore out anyway).

I rode some of the smaller storms (Dennis, and a couple of tropicals) out on some of the big charter boats and it was fine. The Chulamar rode out Ivan in Chico and the Island Spirit ran from the storm at the last minute, Chucktook itto the east down the Intercostal.