Will go down to secure the boat tomorrow.
Remove main and fuler headsail. Turn her around so she faces south. Ensure cockpit drains flow freely.

Nanmadol, classified as a super typhoon by the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center, has the potential to be the most destructive tropical storm to strike Japan in decades.
Nanmadol, the 14th typhoon of the season, was near Japan's southern Minami-Daito Island heading northwest at 20 km (12 miles) per hour on Saturday afternoon. Winds at the centre of the storm are blowing at 198 km per hour (123 miles per hour), gusting up to 270 kph, according to the JMA. The storm, equivalent in strength to a class 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, is forecast to curve east and pass over Tokyo on Tuesday before moving out to sea by Wednesday.

Check it out on Windy.

gary

It was just on the news here. Guadeloupe just got hit pretty bad.
Good luck. Make sure you look after yourself. At the end of the day boats can be replaced.

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tarquin1 said..
It was just on the news here. Guadeloupe just got hit pretty bad.
Good luck. Make sure you look after yourself. At the end of the day boats can be replaced.

I think this one is Japan.

Good luck and l hope it's not too bad.

I'd be interested in how you tie up, what sort of fenders you use and what the dock has. I can't imagine how you protect against the boat banging against the dock over the range of storm surge and tides.

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tarquin1 said..
It was just on the news here. Guadeloupe just got hit pretty bad.
Good luck. Make sure you look after yourself. At the end of the day boats can be replaced.

I think this one is Japan.

Good luck and l hope it's not too bad.

Yes I understood that. Didn't word it very well.

I reckon tarquin typed in Guam and got Guadeloupe.
Done it tons of times.

To answer John24. I am way north of the regular typhoon route (Sendai) and the predictions of direction are pretty good.
But, we can always expect stronger than usual winds. As you said tide and tidal surge (combined with high winds) create a bit of havoc.
The process is to reduce windage as much as possible.
We usually moor bow to wharf (north) but in a blow turn her around as the winds come from the south.
People remove dodgers, stack packs and foresails. Mains are usually lashed down stoutly. I have a small boat and it is 10 minutes to remove the main and dump below.
There are no marinas here and we moor the same as the fishing boats.
There are parallel lines that go from the wharf out to set net anchors. We moor to the wharf and to mooring balls on the lines.
In a blow we pull the boat further away from the wharf and tie up to the lines.
This brings everyone 3 or 4 meters away from the wharf.
Most boats have large fenders as it is more common to tie up at a wharf than to anchor.
Japanese fishers are pretty practiced at preparing for typhoons, but every year there are lots of smaller unattended boats that flip or swamp.

gary

Thanks for that information Gary, makes sense. Just hope you don't have a huge unloved rusty fishing boat next to you.

I was watching the news here in France and they were talking about Guadeloupe, because it's French. At the end of the report they showed the storm developing in Japan.
Crazy storms in the med this season.

I have done a few Caribbean seasons and been to Guadeloupe. Aren't there some trucks in Guam to go diving on somewhere?
A few people got hurt or died in the med this season trying to save their boat.
Stay safe and remember boats can be fixed or replaced. People not so easily.