On Apr 16, 7:49*am, Molesworth wrote:
My boat is 40', fixed keel, and is currently in New Orleans Municipal
Marina on Lake Pontrachain (Sand/mud/silt bottom).
With the upcoming hurricane season, and knowing that every boat in there
in '05 was destroyed (but not one in the Orleans Marina immediately
behind (inshore) of it), my mind has been contemplating methods and
options on what to do if I get (say) a weeks' notice of an imminent Cat
3+ hurricane.
My idea is to sail her out to mid lake and single-anchor with max rode
(so she can swing), after taking off all loose bits.
Or hiding her beneath the high bridge of I-10?
Opinions please!

In '05 we rode out Rita by anchoring (2 anchors) in Bayou Bonfouca,
across the lake from N.O. in/near Slidell. Our boat survived Katrina
in a slip in a small marina up that same bayou although all the boats
on the hard were destroyed and half the other boats in slips were
sunk. Personally, I wouldn't anchor out in the lake and I definitely
wouldn't tie up under I-10, the causeway, or any other fixed position
on the lake itself. I'd recommend anchoring up a bayou. I had boats in
the '60s which survived Betsy and Camille too, when a lot of other
folks lost their boats.

My $.02,

Frank