Comprehensive Hurricane Prep for Boaters

Hurricane Prep’s eight in-depth course modules are primarily written, with 88 illustrative photos and charts, two videos, and five downloads.

Modules include:

Principles of Hurricane Prep -- what you need to think about and how to watch the weather

Before Hurricane Season -- developing your hurricane plan, deciding where you'll put your boat, creating your checklists, evaluating your boat's readiness to withstand a hurricane, gathering your supplies, and planning how to monitor weather

Preparing Your Boat for a Hurricane -- what to do when a storm threatens, including decreasing wind resistance, securing your boat, hurricane anchoring and other things to do

Stay on Your Boat or Evacuate? -- how to decide what you should do, and what to expect if you stay on your boat

Aftermath -- recovering and staying safe

Cruising in Hurricane Season -- how to enjoy your boat during hurricane season without undue risk

If a Storm is Bearing Down on You -- if you start this course with a storm forecast for your area, START HERE and learn what to do right now.

Case Study: Why Did Barefoot Gal Survive Category 4 Irma? - How did she survive when 75% of the boats nearby didn't? A real-life example, tying everything together.

Certificate of Completion to print and attach to the hurricane plan for your insurance company.

Private Facebook Group: You'll also get access to a private Facebook group where you can ask questions of me and other course participants, and where you can share your successes.

You'll also get a subscription to The Boat Galley Newsletter, a weekly email filled with tips and tricks to make living on a boat and cruising both easier and more enjoyable. Don't like it? You can unsubscribe at any time.

And no, we aren’t going to sell your email address or send you spam, because that’s not who we are.

You'll get login details onscreen immediately after purchase as well as by email a few minutes later.

Take this course whenever you want, as fast or slow as you want, in whatever order you want, and refer back to materials as often as you want. You'll have lifetime access to all, including all updates.

Everything is online; there is no shipping.

Carolyn Shearlock is the founder of The Boat Galley and an instructor at Cruisers University at the Annapolis Boat Shows. In addition to her articles and podcasts for The Boat Galley, she frequently writes for various boating and cruising magazines. 

Carolyn and her husband Dave have lived aboard two different boats for a total of 14 years. They've cruised over 14,000 miles in the Sea of Cortez, Pacific Mexico and Central America, and more recently Florida and the Bahamas.

Their boats have taken two direct hits by hurricanes and been within 50 miles of the eye over 10 other times, all with less than $100 damage.