Hurricane Updates

(9:35 pm update)

The back end of the storm was worse than the front end. We walked out to check on the boat but got no closer than 10 ft from the building! Too much wind!

























(4:50 update)
We are in the eye! The winds have calmed down, at least temporarily.

There's no getting to Fleetwing at high tide!

Here's the approach to our dock

Here's a picture in the eye. The wind is calm and there's no rain

Once past the eye, we'll see 40 to 50 kt winds out of the north for the next 24 hours. We are not out of this yet.




(2:05 pm update)

It's getting a little windy!

























(1:30 pm update)

Docks at St James Plantation

The water is still rising even though high tide has passed. The hurricane is speeding up and the eye is now projected to be over us at 6:00 pm with the wind dropping to 6 kts during its passage. We plan on taking photos then. Fleetwing is fine, riding well. Wind projections remain in the 50 kt range with higher gusts as Matthew approaches although we hope we won't see that here in the marina. Stay tuned for hurricane eye photos.

We were awaken during the night by loud flapping which is sure to wake up a sailboater. It was the house under construcction in the background. 

As of 10:50 am
The winds started in earnest early this morning with gusts to 30 kts so far. We looked at the grib prediction on PocketGrib and saw the projected path of Matthew will have the eye pass directly over us! We will be in the eye 7:00 pm if the grib prediction holds true. The National Weather Service still has Matthew passing off shore but we've seen where the grib predictions have been more accurate in the past. The maximum wind is projected to be 53 kts with gusts to 64 kts just after the eye passes over us.

As for us, we've accepted the kind offer by Dan and Eileen McKay for a room for the night when the maximum winds are expected. We can see Fleetwing from their porch. I'll update the blog from time to time as the hurricane approaches.