A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be able to leave my boat on the beach for a week of sailing. One afternoon a big storm looked like it was going to pass over us. I was thinking that if the winds were high enough the boat might take a beating even without the sails. I got lucky and the heavy winds passed us by but I want to think about this for the next time.

So how do you guys tie down your boats?

I took a piece of scrap 2x2 wood that was around and wrapped a spare line around it. Then I buried it under the sand a couple of feet, directly under the dolphin striker. I ran the line through the jib cleats and tightened them up. I felt like it might help because I couldn't get the line out with out digging the board up.