Earl Heading for Northern Leewards

[Pelagic]

Why is it that TRS' always seem to pass by you location at night

[Patient]

Just thought I would pop in and post this Blog that I found quite helpful and informative. Its a weather specialist that lives in the BVI.

BVI Hurricane - The place to watch the hurricanes and tropical storms in the BVI and Caribbean

[Palarran]

Well, I hope sailingaway and everyone else survived the hurricane on St. Maarten. Oyster Pond delivered and no boats where lost or severely damaged. A few rubbed up against the dock. Mine has 12 lines off it plus my anchor chain which is attached to a fixed large anchor chain on the seabed.

[sailingaway221]

PAlarran, thanks.. made it in one piece.... however a lot of boats not so lucky. Many got cleaned out of the lagoon. Not a pretty sight. Will post video soon. Anyone with a boat in St. MArtin wanting info, tell me where and what name i'll see if I can get details... it wasn't pretty folks... a lot of destroyed boats.

[John A]

sailingaway,
We're all glad that you've survived with no damage and await any pictures or further reports you can provide.

Sail Safe

[PyotrBee]

St Kitts Coast Guard Cutter and smaller boat washed ashore, and Ive heard of a yacht sinking in Nevis.

[slomotion]

And now there are new tropical storm warnings in St. Maarten for Fiona. Current winds are only 40 mph but expected to increase. The storm is moving rapidly toward the northern Leewards and the center is expected to pass to the northeast. At her current speed the storm is less than 24 hrs away.

[PyotrBee]

Another ship (kicked out of St Martin) ran aground here in St Kitts:
SKNVibes.com News: Eight escape watery grave

Fiona is a LOT smaller... forecast doesn't look too bad.. its the formation behind Fiona thats more worrying.

[John A]

Originally Posted by slomotion

And now there are new tropical storm warnings in St. Maarten for Fiona. Current winds are only 40 mph but expected to increase. The storm is moving rapidly toward the northern Leewards and the center is expected to pass to the northeast. At her current speed the storm is less than 24 hrs away.

Fiona will never gain enough strength to become a hurricane as it is following to close to Earl. And Earl took all the energy and higher water temps with him.
There are more 'areas of concern' following behind Fiona, so keep a sharp watch on the weather for the next month or so.

[sailingaway221]

HEy, quick trip around the lagoon.... max wind speed was just over 100mph at about 12.15pm yesterday. There are a bunch of lucky boats out there and a few not so lucky... I would say there are between 15 and 20 boats scattered around the shoreline of the lagoon, a Foutaine Pajot has sunken near Port Royal......Most the boats were collected by other boats and pulled to the rocks.... several boats had been left by their owners with WInd generators and Sails still furled and in lazy jacks on the boom... Almost everything I saw washed up had tons of stuff on deck.....most boats in the lagoon are fine.

[Palarran]

Impossible. I call Bull S&%$ about the Fountaine Pajot sinking. Everyone knows catamarans, especially FP's, don't sink.

Thanks for the update. I'm heading down next week on Wednesday for a single night just to check things out and deliver some gear. If you feel like driving over to Captain Olivers I'll buy you a cocktail. You can find me at the Dingy Dock.