I’m not going to crib this and pretend it came from my store of knowledge and experience. I knew a few of the tricks, but there are some excellent ones I didn’t know in a YachtPals article from Frank Lanier – a Chesapeake surveyor who has more than 20 years’ diving and coastguard experience in an area where hurricanes are things you plan for.
He does guest speaker slots, too. I imagine they will attract good audiences.