Its been crazy here, February has been a weird month so far, weather wise, usually we are quite protected here,in Saanich inlet,but the winds have been crazy, mostly SW, then SE, blowing at 25 to 30 knots.!!
On February 4th, that evening , a storm blew and did quite a lot of damage to boats in Tsehum Harbour, just north of Sidney, we have never liked it there too much, there are several derelics boats on the bottom, and its not deep there, and on that night,Feb.4, three more boats sank and two went on the rocky shore, buoy and all.
I took some photos of the news paper article, which will give you an idea.
One of the marinas here, in Saanich inlet also had extensive damage,and very strange things ,parts of docks, electrical boxes,fenders and rope ,came floating into our marina,as well as the marking buoys for the reef, two of them, they take an incredible beating out there,one of them came floating by our boat, and docked itself nicely a bit further on!!!

This winter we are so very lucky to have a wonderful neighbour, when you live so close to each other it is so very important to be tolerant, to have respect for each other, and to help out where you can. In the last 10 years we have been very fortunate in the marinas we lived in, most boaters live on their boats for a reason, they want peace and quiet as much as everyone else.

When you live on board, there is an unwritten rule that you can very much so clamber on board of another vessel,if it and its rigging are making a terrible racket,we have used many packages of bungee cords just for that purpose, Bert will pull lines away from masts, tie lines together, and fix loud fenders, usually if you pour salt water over squeeky lines and fenders, it will stop them from keeping you awake.
Boats owners have always been grateful that we fix things and tie their rigging, a lot of skippers just walk away after sailing, not counting on the fact that a strong breeze can just grab that furled sail , and away it goes, we have seen this happen,usually too late as the breeze would by then have become a gale.
So, my advice would be, buy some bungees, it is worth it!!!!
Keep an eye out in your marina for trouble spots, things that are loose on other boats, no fun fixing this problem in the middle of the night!!!!