We got out, Athena okay for now (Patreon)

Good morning guys :)

We made a last second decision to leave Florida yesterday. We heard from a couple of people that we might not be able to leave today. With Athena tied up better than ever before and with 9 fenders out we decided that there was not much more we could do for her.

Walking to the car we heard about a YouTube live stream from another boat in the club. Right next to Athena. That’s where the image in this post is from. We have been checking the live stream throughout the night. Winds peaked in the 60s with gusts at 77 knots (93 mph, 41 m/s). A few club members stayed behind and have been posting updates. So far Athena and the other bots in the club are doing well.

Athena is still not out of the woods. The eye passed north of us by a few miles and we still have all of the other half of the storm to deal with but we’re hopeful!

Ava and I have made it to North Carolina. We have around 5 hours of driving left before we get to Annapolis. The spiffy-mobile willing we’ll make it there sometime this afternoon. We’re excited to see some of you at the Patreon meetup tomorrow at the ABYC 🙂 There is a previous post with details for the meetup - feel free to drop by if you haven’t signed up (there is plenty of room)

Kind thoughts and crossed fingers to all that have been or are in the path of the hurricane!