Docked Boat

• Remove excess gear, including spare rigging
• Clear self-bailing cockpit drains
• Close all through hull fittings
• Set chafe gear where lines will rub (i.e. chocks, crosslines, deck edge, etc.)
• Remove portable fuel and oil storage containers
• Remove ship papers
• Shut off fuel tanks
• Leave anchor light on
• Leave auto bilge pump on
• Check openings to ensure boat is watertight
• Set and check storm anchors
• Consider attaching lines to cleats at a 45 degree angle
• Consider tying your boat between two piers or along a pier and anchored off one side
• Set and check storm anchors
• Consider attaching 3 sets of bow and stern spring lines

Moored Boat

• Remove excess gear, including spare rigging
• Close all through hull fittings
• Remove ship papers
• Leave anchor light on
• Check openings to ensure boat is watertight
• Attach chains directly to pennants instead of swivels
• Use double of triple chafe protection
• Use two pennants
• Clear self-bailing cockpit drains
• Remove portable fuel and oil storage containers
• Shut off fuel tanks
• Leave auto bilge pump on
• Use storm pennants to increase scope
• Add an emergency catenaray weight at the vessel end of the chain
• Use chafing gear over entire length of pennants
• If no permanent mooring is available, use tow storm anchors at 45 degree angles