Keith, you mentioned "Here on Galveston Bay, basically all the marinas with fixed docks were pretty much destroyed during hurricane Ike, and all the ones with floating docks survived with almost no damage. Ditto for the boats." In Galveston itself (Galveston Yacht Basin) the fixed concrete piers did fine.. the concrete finger piers did fine, the wooden piling/wooden finger piers took it in the shorts... the metal roof did pretty well except for those boats with towers that rammed through the roof in (my estimate) 12-15 foot storm surge (I was not there!!!). Most boats took it pretty bad.... I think the major cause was the dock lines were not continuously adjusted to account for ever rising water... lines pulled the boat under, snapped or pulled our the cleat... I hope these URLs come through....Here is video two days after Ike (sorry for the poor quality.. I had other things on my mind when I quickly took it... like getting ordered off the island by the authorities) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu4KPAY2Fqc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65O0BGqnduo&feature=related Jim Gano Seminole 42 GB