[NauticalFishwife]

Remember Isabel? We ended up getting more surge than wind in Back Creek Annapolis. Over on the Eastern shore there were quite a few small boats that were hauled, but not hauled far enough and ended up floating off of stands. We kept our boat in the water-doubled up on lines and adjusted as needed. We stripped her of sails and the dodger and bimini canvas came off and the frame secured. The batteries were fully charged and bilge pump tested... just in case. The water was over our dock box at 7 AM and by suppertime we could walk on the dock without getting our feet wet. The winds clocked around and you could watch the water drop as it left the creek. We actually took a dingy ride between the pilings of our dock. You had to watch for debris hitting your hull. There were pieces of dock, broken limbs, lawn chairs etc. for days drifting about. We did think to drill holes in our dock box so it could drain! The marina can only haul so many boats in a day-so even if you wanted your boat hauled there was a chance they couldn't get to it.