Late Season Tropical Storm

[speciald]

Not looking good for going South until next week as a tropical storm has formed in the Caribbean and is projected to move North along US coast, passing hatteras next Friday. 13-14 ft seas in Gulf Stream w/ North wind of about 30kts. Hope everyone out there heading South will stay safe!

[runexe]

We got a good two days of heavy rain from this system when it was just a low passing south of us (it had moved west/southwest of us by the time it developed into a depression/storm). Still strong winds the past two days - especially yesterday - and coming from the south made the Caribbean side very choppy.

We went out scuba diving today and it was still very rough on the surface. Visibility was reduced a bit from the usual crystal clear - only about 60ft or so at one site, and down to about 40ft at the other (shallower) site. Still a fun day though - aside from the ride to/from.

[sailingdog]

Well, I'm hauling the boat on Tuesday... so the storms don't matter any more...

[chucklesR]

I've got friends that spen all last week bashing south from Annapolis, last I heard were still not in Norfolk due to unrelated, but high winds just the same.
I thought most insurance companies kept you north of South Carolina until Nov 1st anyway?

[camaraderie]

Yup...we have a lot of boats stacked up in NC right now...waiting for weather and the calendar. Looks like the storm will be well out to sea but wind/waves will make the ICW the choice for the week ahead.

[Bardo]

They have started the migration down the ChesBay.

[speciald]

Looking better for a Monday crossing of the Stream. I'm out of here on Wednesday evening.