Hurricane Matthew Hits Beaufort, South Carolina Compared to what he did to Haiti, Matthew treated Beaufort, South Carolina with kid gloves. Every moment of our “ordeal” my mind returned to Haiti. With every gust that seemed unsurvivable, I remembered pictures of the devastation there. Those pictures set us up to expect bad things here. We […]
To Do List: Hurricane Prep in a Marina
12 Hurricane Prep Actions that Helped Get Us Through Hurricane Matthew Take down all canvas. Take down roller furled sails, take down the main. Yes it’s a lot of work, but those with canvas up fared far worse than those without. FENDERS, FENDERS, FENDERS – tie them to both sides and to the the toe […]
An Eye on Hurricane Joaquin
Wet Machinery Sloshing Through the Carolinas From Weather Underground: An extremely strong conveyor belt of moisture will stream into the Carolinas over the next several days, aided by moisture from Hurricane Joaquin as it turns to the north in the Atlantic Ocean. While the higher elevations of South Carolina will experience the most rain, upwards […]
The Art of Anchoring
There are certain guidelines for securely anchoring for the night, but sometimes things just don’t work out. When they don’t, it helps to get good pictures. Attend to the Tide Enroute from our Fort Lauderdale vacation back to Beaufort SC, we were pushing hard to make as many miles as possible each day. We left […]