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Old 02-17-2015, 12:26 AM   #13
Marin
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Originally Posted by ksanders View Post

What do we really know about our boats while we are away?
Good question. We don't have an alarm system on our PNW boat, which is berthed 100 miles north of our house. But all the docks in the harbor are regularly patrolled by the port's security folks and the gates to the main docks are locked (in theory) after sundown. There are also cameras on each dock which are monitored (in theory) in the port's security office.

We also have some liveaboards on our dock which makes for a great watch/alarm system. Our and the port's phone numbers are on a laminated sheet we keep in a dockside window.

Other than that we just take it on faith that the boat is surviving on top of the water. So far it's done okay for the last 16 years.

We worry most about the storms that come blasting through in series during the winter with wind gusts to 60-80 mph in our harbor. Some of our canvas was old when we bought the boat and only my wife's diligence with a sewing machine and real good thread have kept the older pieces alive. We always wonder how it's doing when we look on our iPads at the current wind speeds as measured by the weather station on top of Bellingham Cold Storage's ice house across from our boat.
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