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Old 08-29-2018, 11:59 AM   #7
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For every 50 to 100 miles you move to miss the eye, you drop a category or at least major severity.

2 things have to remain though....unless WAYYYYY far away, a good hurricane hole either for docking or anchoring is still important, and you have to be moving further from the eye or at least to the navigable semicircle.

Hurricane holes require protection from not only wind, but surge and river flooding too.

Storms that are significantly difficult to predict from 7 days out to 3 days out are pretty rare in my mind. Sandy and Irma are just not common paths to try to guess for safe harbor In dozens of hurricanes, by 3 days out I was confident in all but Sandy (NJ) about moving....a little less confident in overall preparations needed for many others.

If not in a great spot to weather even minor canes, usually 48 to 72 hours is enough time to escape the brunt of storms.

Sure there are all kinds of other issues. Is the boat ready to move without question, do you have the time or money to pay to have it moved, do you have property to tend to besides the boat....etc...etc..?
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