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veggie_burger · 02-05-2007, 10:43 PM

The owner of the boat I run originally brought this incident to my attention and asked me who was at fault. I can only guess that the owner wanted to hang out in Key West for some reason at that time of year. That being said could a sailing vessel of that size gone anywhere that would have been safer?
Out to sea is one thought but the Phantome did the same thing in Mitch and has not been seen since

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. Any harbors big enough to hide in? Run to Cuba? Tie to the dock. Where the hell does one plan to hide from a Cat 5 storm in a big freaking Perinavi? Could it have gone up the Miami River to Jones or Merrill Stevens? I guess most big sailing boats head to the Med and spend the summer with Meltimi and Sirocco's and not Fran, Hugo and Katrina. Or hang out with fog in the NE until after the cold fronts make it down here. Any armchair captains have any good ideas what they would have done if they were at the wheel of that boat say a few days prior to the known storm coming at them? After Andrew and Hugo I know now that my life is not worth staying aboard the boat.

02-05-2007, 10:43 PM	#79
veggie_burger Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: where there is water Posts: 15	What could he have done? Armchair quarterbacks The owner of the boat I run originally brought this incident to my attention and asked me who was at fault. I can only guess that the owner wanted to hang out in Key West for some reason at that time of year. That being said could a sailing vessel of that size gone anywhere that would have been safer? Out to sea is one thought but the Phantome did the same thing in Mitch and has not been seen since : . Any harbors big enough to hide in? Run to Cuba? Tie to the dock. Where the hell does one plan to hide from a Cat 5 storm in a big freaking Perinavi? Could it have gone up the Miami River to Jones or Merrill Stevens? I guess most big sailing boats head to the Med and spend the summer with Meltimi and Sirocco's and not Fran, Hugo and Katrina. Or hang out with fog in the NE until after the cold fronts make it down here. Any armchair captains have any good ideas what they would have done if they were at the wheel of that boat say a few days prior to the known storm coming at them? After Andrew and Hugo I know now that my life is not worth staying aboard the boat.