We were cruising as fast as we could to Charleston ahead of Hurricane Mathew. The roads were to be reversed for evacuation plan ‘A’ with in 24 hours. At 3:30 AM and 150 miles out we noticed a solid stream of cars leaving the coast. Felt kinda weird, we were only but a hand-full heading east.
Pre Mathew. We followed the instruction published by BoatUS. We prepped the boat with new ropes, tapped all hatches, air vents and rails, removed all cushions, canvas, and bimini, shrink wrapped the bridge and charged the batteries.
Double tie all lines and we should be good unless the dock fails! Luckily we are on a pier with 3 long concrete spuds!
Post Mathew. The initial storm hit overnight Thursday. No news. At 8:00 AM Friday the back eye wall hit reversing wind directions. By noon the dreaded call came in: Our dock broke loose from the main section and collapsed the concrete posts on Paraiso. But did not sink! Thirty hours later we were able to get a hold of the wreckage and pull it off Paraiso. All of the other preps worked flawlessly.
Bye bye dock……
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