The words would make some sense or at least be possible. Every inch away from the water the more protected and in the lee from the North Winds on the front end of the storm. Look at the Moorings Dinghy shed. The slips are wrecked by just a few feet away the dinghies appear fine as least in the early pictures. The boats all tied tightly together exposed to the Sir Francis Drake Channel surge I have had doubts since I saw the pre storm pictures.