Take down all canvas?

 

The best advice is to remove everything off the boat that could catch the wind. The decision point on just how much to remove will be Wednesday morning. We have the dodger and bimini to consider, both come down easily but are a bear to put back up. 

Meanwhile, Milton is now a Cat 5 hurricane with 180 mph winds but it’s supposed to weaken as it approaches Tampa. The worst cast scenario is for Milton to track slightly to the north of Tampa so the anti clockwise winds would push water into Tampa Bay. With the present projections, that’s the path. 

For us, it still looks like the eye will pass over us. A better case would be for the eye to pass to the north so we would get the wind off land, resulting in less wave action. In any case, we’ll be in a motel to see how things turn out. Winds are projected to be “only” 125 mph when it comes ashore at Tampa.