Faster...no we were on the yacht club docks with 1.5" nylon and two 2000lb moorings + the anchor out front and when the 185mph stuff hit we all broke loose and were carried up on shore in front of the supermarket on the other side of the lagoon. Long story short...we got off the hard...jury rigged our way to Martinique and Dockwise took us to Lauderdale/Palm Beach for repairs. We lost a lot of deck stuff (mizzen included!) but had no hull damage and no water below decks after all that. Quite a testimony to the build quality of Tayana. If you want to read more details, you can check the logs on my website available on the personal page.
On the south shore is where most boats were located and over 200 on jackstands for hurricane season went over in Spice Island Marina. There were only about 50-60 boats in the lagoon but only a few were spared. 40 of 46 at anchor were sunk or driven ashore. Funny but only the derelict boats seemed to survive...guess they were better attached to the bottom than all the Deltas,Spades,Rocnas etc. could manage...
We spent plenty of time in Tyrell and in Bequia too. We had some friends that went into Tyrell's mangroves during the next hurricane and weathered it just fine...but that was like 90mph...nothing like Ivan. Here's a pix from the day after...P1010010.JPG