Gary E. Brown has rode out several hurricanes on his sailboat on a mooring in St. Martin. He tells you how he did it, survived, and escaped major damage to his sailing boats. Gary E. Brown is the editor of All at Sea magazine and has been sailing the Caribbean for decades.
This is a controversial practice, but it is a great story. Captain Linus Wilson who speaks to Gary, argues that you should never stay on your boat in a hurricane. He says that any benefits of riding out the storm is outweighed by the human and economics costs of staying on the sailboat and risking injury or worse to the crew.
Sailing La Vagabonde recently spoke of their hurricane plan to stay in the hurricane belt for the height of hurricane season in "Why we Chose to Sail during Hurricane Season! (Hurricane Gordon & Florence)"
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You will see many wrecked catamarans and sailboats from hurricanes Maria and Irma. We show the forecast of the major hurricane Florence from Windy.com using several different weather models. Florence is headed for South & North Carolina.
NASA Photo Credit:
The Atlantic basin was relatively quiet for much of August 2018, but September brought a surge in storm activity. On September 9, 2018, Florence, Isaac, and Helene were all spinning in the basin. The trio of storms is visible in this image, captured that day by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite
NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Caption by Adam Voiland.
UNITED STATES
11.17.2017
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Dragin
U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan
The hurricane-displaced sailing vessel, Sea-130, is removed from Flamingo Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, November 17, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Dragin.
06.07.2007
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U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
A sailboat broke loose from its moorings in heavy seas and is pushed up against the breakwall.
ISLETA, PUERTO RICO
12.06.2017
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando
U.S. Coast Guard District 7
Isleta Marina, Puerto Rico, Dec. 6, 2017.The ESF-10 mission is offering no-cost options for removing vessels stranded by Hurricane Maria(U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando)
VIRGIN ISLANDS, US
10.25.2017
Video by Spc. Jovi Prevot
102d Public Affairs Detachment
The Mississippi Army National Guard created a mission to provide assistance in improving quality of life for U.S. Virgin Islands residents following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Additional Footage by: Jocelyn Augustino of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Staff Sgt. Michael Williams of the Mississippi National Guard, Master Sgt. Charles Givens of the Arizona National Guard, Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Blake Midnight of the U.S. Navy and Tech. Sgt. Arthur Mondale Wright of the District of Columbia National Guard (U.S. Army National Guard video by Spc. Jovi Prevot)
UNITED STATES
01.04.2018
Video by Patrick Loch
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
In coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is executing a marine debris mission at the Puerto Del Rey marina in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. This is the second marine debris mission to take place in the aftermath of hurricane Maria,
FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO
12.15.2017
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando
U.S. Coast Guard District 7
Salvage crews working with the Hurricane Maria (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando)
MD, UNITED STATES
06.19.2017
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ethan Schumacher
Defense Media Activity-Navy Production
LAS CROABAS, PUERTO RICO
12.13.2017
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando
U.S. Coast Guard District 7
Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Max Seda
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