Make sure all are backed with stainless steel or aluminum plates. On sailboats, winches and keel-stepped masts can be used to secure lines. Chafe protectors are essential on all lines while your boat is docked, moored or anchored. Ready-made chafe protectors are available through marine dealers, or can be made using neoprene hose or heavy canvas. If you take your boat home, leave it, and not your car, in the garage.
Most boats are lighter and more vulnerable to high winds.
If storing a small boat is not possible, put the boat and trailer where they will get the best protection from wind and falling branches. Let some air out of the trailer tires and block the wheels. Increase the weight of lighter outboard boats by leaving the drain plug in and adding water with a hose. Place wood blocks between the trailer s frame and springs to support added weight. Remove the drain plug from inboard boats so the engine won t be damaged by flooding.