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"Just make sure the lines are tight, make sure everything is tied down, make sure the boats next to me are secure," said Joe Fortunato on his boat in Harbour Cove Marina in Somers Point.
He is going to take a pass on boating this weekend.
"I usually run out on the ocean on the weekend," said Fortunato. "With that kind of wind coming and seas coming, (I'll) probably stay at home. I just came down now to make sure all my lines are tied up and I'm safe and secure for the next couple of days."
Dominic Pileggi works at MarineMax. They store boats for the winter. He says normally when boaters hear a hurricane is coming, "they like to get their boats hauled out early because they don't want them sinking and everything else."
But Dorian doesn't seem to be causing much panic.
"We haven't had a lot of calls for people getting their boats hauled out," said Pileggi. "Business as usual. We haven't been overcome or overwhelmed with boats having to be hauled out."
He had this advice to anyone whose boat is staying put.
"Make sure the batteries are charged, the bilge pumps work, and tie the boats up as best they can, so they don't bang around into the docks or, when the tide gets too high, they break their moorings."
Pileggi said they'll keep a close eye, though, on any boat that's still in the marina, and will tie extra lines on each one if need be.