Boatyard Hurricane Plan Good Enough?

If on jacks, tie them all together with chains so they can't slide out from under the boat, strap the boat down with lots of lines to the ground with long rods in the ground at an angle. Hope for the best just being on the hard is not good enough it must be blocked well and tired down well.

It's something you need to discuss with the yard ahead of time. Indeed they should chain the stands but obviously there are yards that don't. As to pulling canvas, securing cushions etc it's usually the owners job unless specifically assigned to the yard

I have a 60 Viking at Apex in Stuart, these guys know their jobs, I wouldn't worry at all ! If anything happens, collect ins and start shopping again but They do all my work and there is no better

Your in Greece so you have no idea what is going on here, arrogance is what will get you every time !

Apex has a good reputation. Also, Stuart's risk has dropped in the past couple of days.

I disagree but this is good advice. If you re going to haul out or secure a boat for a storm, you as the owner need to be involveded. You can't rely on the yard. It's not arrogance but common sense

The best option, assuming you have the range, is to get the boat out of the direct landfall area. 75 to 100nm either way is enough

Take the larger yachts destroyed in st marten for instance,,, why were they not moved 130nm south to guadeloupe or little farther to Dominica?

Well you know what they say about opinions, I have heard negative on many so called reputable yards, I can only share my experiences here, we live aboard at Allied and hear and see a lot from people having work done, also we did not let them haul us and just leave the boat.