We recently dodged a bullet here in St. Petersburg with hurricane Charley,
so a question comes to mind. Is a sailboat more likely to survive a
hurricane with minimum damage by a) tying it in a marina slip, or b) putting
it at anchor well offshore of a sandy beach or mangrove area. I've seen
pictures of boats beat to pieces in marinas and other boats washed up on a
beach but looking relatively undamaged. And I've heard of people putting
there boats in the mangroves during a storm. Another question is that here
on the gulf it's relatively shallow a long way off the coast, but is it
legal to leave an unattended boat anchored off shore.

Chuck