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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 03/08/2013 : 07:36:32

BOAT U.S. Sent us the following letter and the Webinar Application form (see link at the bottom of this post)

Dear BoatU.S. Cooperating Group,

Hurricane Sandy was the single-largest recreational boating industry loss ever recorded, with over $650 million in damage to boats alone. Not included in that figure are the hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to marinas, boat yards and yacht clubs. Boats that didn't stay put in Sandy 's exceptional storm surge caused damage to other boats, marina infrastructure, and private and public property. The Association of Marina Industries (AMI) and the Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) are teaming up to offer a series of three online webinars on March 5, 12 and 26, 2013 at 2:00 EST for marine facility operators and others interested in learning about how to secure boats to avoid damage in future storms.

The first in the series, "Sandy Overview: What We've Learned," (March 5), will look at what made Hurricane Sandy so destructive and the types of damage it caused to boats and to marinas, and share some survival stories. It will also try to answer the question: Was hauling boats, as BoatUS has long advocated, the right answer this time?

The March 12 webinar, "Securing Boats on Land," will focus on the challenges of securing boats inside storage structures as well as outside on the hard, and discuss some potential solutions and best practices.

The March 26 webinar, "Securing Boats in the Water," will look at the challenges presented by moorings and by various dock structures such as fixed or floating docks, and also look at solutions and best practices.

Much of the information included in the webinars comes from the industry-leading BoatUS Catastrophe (CAT) Team, which has over three decades of storm salvage and claims experience, and faced its biggest challenge ever with Hurricane Sandy. The team, which hit the ground running just one day after the storm made landfall, was the largest ever assembled in the Association's history and worked in seven states recovering hundreds of boats.

As a thank you for participating in the Cooperating Group Program, BoatU.S. will be covering the cost for you to attend the webinar series. In order to attend the webinars, please fill out the attached registration form. You must submit the attached registration form to attend but you do not have to include payment.

I hope you’ll be able to attend.

Thank you,

David Mann
Program Manager
BoatU.S.
703-461-2878 ext. 3227
dmann@boatus.com

[url="/PDF/BOATUS_Webinar_Reg_Form.pdf"]Here's the Link to the Webinar Application Form[/url]

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islander
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Response Posted - 03/08/2013 : 11:50:30

Sounds like Monday morning quarterbacking, It was a crap shoot in the decision weather to leave the boat in or out. I left my boat in and survived but most of the damage was to boats that got hauled out either by being blown over or the flood waters destabilising their supports. My Marina had well over 450 boats on the hard, It would take them weeks to somehow tie them down. In the end the Marinas are really only trying to protect their own interests, Docks, Buildings etc. Your boat well that's covered under your insurance, not theirs. Sounds like Boat US would like the Marinas to do all the work so they would reap the benefit of less claims.