In anticipation of hurricane Irene the Navy has brought some of their fleet of racing sailboats into Weems Creek. There are seven Navy buoys located in this area and more Navy buoys in Luce and Clements Creeks where the rest of the fleet went.
If the Navy deems these places to be safe for their vessels, it makes us feel better. However, we are not looking forward to the approaching storm although we've endured winds of 50kts or more sometimes down in South America. As a precaution we've removed all sails.