take it-or leave it

[Bret Cole]

During a wildfire if you had to evacuate would you take your boat or leave it behind?

[mooneywa]

How well insured is it?

Kidding... sorta... depends on if the time to hook it up (properly, because if it's not properly it'll cause more problems for potentially more people) would increase danger to my family.

[gonefishin5555]

I think I’d leave it in the garage with the cover on. I guess it might be tempting to use it to transport a bunch of stuff but I don’t think you want to be hitched up during an emergency evacuation

[Skidave]

Leave it. As much as we treat them like family, it can be replaced. I'd be grabbing my fireproof lock boxes which holds all my negatives, archived family videos / pics and important documents.

Plus towing while trying to get the **** out could be a big hindrance. If you had to cut through a field or the side of a hill, you'd be leaving that boat behind anyway.

I hope I never have to face this and my thoughts go out to those who do or have in the past.

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[shag]

As a fireman, if you are in an area with a rapid approaching fire and are told you need to leave, unless you can rapidly and safely get it hooked up, leave it. Your life and your families life are not replaceable. A boat is.

[Nautiquehunter]

I am very fortunate to live in an area that doesn't have massive fires. My heart goes out to all that has to put up with incompetent politicians and now wild fires.

[Rogue14]

Leave it.

I live 2 miles from the origin of the Almeda fire in southern OR. The howling winds took it away from my house though so we were never in any real danger. I've been planning to take my boat out of the water this week though and I did move my trailer out of the field onto the driveway so as to make it less likely to lose it should another fire come along. Our lake freezes and if I lost my trailer, I'd have a pretty hard time getting it out of the water I think. This was the view from my driveway when it started.

[shag]

I am very fortunate to live in an area that doesn't have massive fires. My heart goes out to all that has to put up with incompetent politicians and now wild fires.

Agree. When they deplete funds for forest management and build homes in the urban interface, this is bound to happen. imo

[gun-driver]

Agree. When they deplete funds for forest management and build homes in the urban interface, this is bound to happen. imo

They can blame themselves for voting in elected officials that allow the special interest groups (sierra club) to dictate what the forest service can and cant do in the way of forest management.

[Rogue14]

The Almeda fire destroyed thousands of residences and displaced 1/2 the kids in 2 school districts. It went straight up Interstate 5 along a large creek in a semi rural/completely urban area. It was NOT a home/forest interface issue.

https://mailtribune.com/news/top-sto...ws-devastation

[JACOB11379]

I dont think I would leave my house. Send my wife and kids packing and I would probably stay and try to defend my house.

My community is stucco and tile roofs with no trees. Not like we would go up like match sticks. And I live at the lake so pretty easy to jump in the water if it burns.

Boats insured.....but it also floats and I can launch it pretty quick, plus its either in the water or attached to the truck already. Take me longer to unload it then it would to launch it.

But at the end of the day there is hundreds of variables to consider.

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[WakingAround]

Respectfully that is a decision that the firefighters and rescue workers that would be forced to save you do not get to make.