That's unfortunate, but many marinas don't have a caretaker role in what they consider their responsibilities. The better marinas and yacht clubs would have had someone try to at least contact you, if not try to secure the flapping
jib.
However, given that you're on a mooring, which may not have been safely accessible during the storm, unlike a boat on in a slip, they may have chosen not to try and secure the sail. That is part of the risk of being on a mooring, which is less expensive than a slip. The fact that the
jib was loose may have been forgotten or overlooked after the storm. However, none of that mitigates the fact that they didn't call you IMHO.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Captain Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity (slightly edited)
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