List information about the boat

• Boat's name
• Length of boat
• Model of boat
• Boat's current location
• Slip #
• Marina name and address
• If stored ashore where
• Type of bottom with depth
• What arrangement have been made for hauling the boat

Information about boat owner

• Name
• Address
• City, state, zip
• Phone day and night numbers
• Where boat keys are kept

Information about alternate caretakers (if available)

• Name
• Address
• City, state, zip
• Phone day and night numbers
• Extra set of keys

Get equipment needed aboard to prepare boat:

• Extra lines
• Chafe Protectors
• Fenders
• Anchors
• Swivels
• Shackles
• Duct tape
• Plugs (exhaust pots)

List all equipment needed to be stripped from boat:

• Electronics
• Dinghy
• Outboard and fuel
• Sails
• Bimini
• Galley Fuel
• Any Personal Effects

Important things to check:

• Check your marine insurance, to see if you are take claim
• Keep all legal documents: registration, insurance policy, marina rental agreement, radio license etc.
  in a safe waterproof container.
• Make an inventory with photos of things left on boat
• Remove all irreplaceable items
• Get boat off the trailer and on the ground with the bow facing east, if can not be remove; move it close the house and weigh them down. Let air out of trailer tires.
• Do not use old lines, Use new lines for primaries and the normal dock lines as backups or doubles

If you own a trailerable boat, tow the boat to a safe location outside the path of the storm.

Do not try to "ride out the storm." in Lake/ocean