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Get the jib off your roller furler, especially if the boat is on the hard! I've seen 4-5 sails unfurl during storms in the past 4 years and whip themselves to shreds. One boat was on the hard, and the force of the sail almost wrenched the boat off its jackstands. The marina operator saved the boat by straddling it with the travelift during the storm and raising the lifting straps for extra support.
My slip is as well sheltered as any hurricane hole, and the boat stays in the water, but the lines are doubled up, and someone must stay nearby and adjust the lines during the storm. Other slips in my marina are more exposed, and those boats are usually hauled-out during severe storms. The marina manager turns off all the electric to the slips at the start of a serious storm, before the storm surge rises enough to short out the outlets. It's frightening to hear that all marinas don't do that.
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