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jeff — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:12:52 -0600

Homecoming

Jeff — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:58:24 -0500

Arriving at Indian Key in the evening of Sept. 1, we elected to stay on C'est la Vie and make landfall in the daylight. We were blessed with continued fresh breezes that kept the bugs at bay for our final night of the trip. Our approach and docking at Sunset Island was uneventful. It is good to be home, but there is much work ahead to repair our water system, flooded buildings, and docks. (Continued...)

A brown Gulf of Mexico

Jeff — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:57:22 -0500

On August 29th, once we were convinced that Gustav was tracking away from FL and forecast to proceed into the Gulf we departed Coconut Grove heading south to the Keys. With 20+ knot northeast winds we flew down the ICW on the western side of the Keys. Late in the afternoon I checked the NOAA broadcast and learned that we were heading into a Tropical Storm Warning area. We abruptly dropped sails and slowed down to assess the updated forecasts. While attempting to figure out our next steps, two Morgan OI 41 passed us going south. We radioed them to query their plans for riding out the weather. They were BSA Sea Base boats and were returning to the Boy Scout Base on Lower Matacumbe to ride out the storms. With the promise of a safe anchorage we followed them south and west to Lower Matacumbe. The small anchorage just outside of the BSA Sea Base was as promised, a safe harbor in which ride out the fringes of Gustav's fury. (Continued...)