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During a hurricane, which would you consider to be the safer place for
your boat, a slip or on a mooring?
I'd think that theoretically a mooring should be safer since there is
nothing for your boat to hit.
Would it make sense for some marinas to have emergency moorings to be
used only when a hurricane approaches?

Here, judge for yourself. Over on alt.binaries.pictures.sports.ocean I
have posted pictures I saved someone else took after a hurricane passed
over Grenada last year....

My answer to your question is NEITHER! Your boat will simply be destroyed,
one way or another.

Some idiots elected to drive their sailboats up creeks and rivers in
Charleston during Hugo in '89. Unable to cope with 200 mph winds, 30'
storm surge tides under 30' swells and wind whipped waves, they ended up
aground many miles from any water after the storm was over. Two such
sailors were ham radio operators I know. We eventually got help for them
to rescue them off their boat far inland in the SC swamps.

Abandon the boat and take your insurance policies with you. You're going
to need them.