"Greg" wrote in message
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Buy a boat lift. Raise it to near maximum height, tie the boat to the
pylons, and then tie the lift cradle to the pylons. Every person I know
who
secured their boat this way still have their boats intact.

That's great until the storm surge goes over the top of the lift and the
boat
goes through the roof.
BTDT
Friday the rails of my boat were about even with the boat lift roof ...
then
the tree fell on it. Fortunately my boat was tied about 25' away in open
water.

My boat was lifted at least 10 feet from mean high tide, and I live at the
end of a canal. It would have taken a helluva storm surge to lift it off
the pilings...but I had ropes tied to the pilings just in case.