I was in Rockland prior to Tropical Storm Danny's approach in 2009. The Rockland Harbormaster was busy dis-assembling the town docks and taking the floats off to the someplace in the northern part of the harbor. I got my boat out of there and back to my home mooring in Boothbay Harbor with an overnight sail just before the storm hit. When my crew and I went back to retrieve my car in the morning, the wind was blowing ~35 out of the east and there was quite a chop off the public landing. I was very glad my boat was not out there then. I'm sure things were probably better in the part of the harbor that is behind the breakwater, but Rockland is still a very big and open place.