{"id":40854,"date":"2016-10-04T11:12:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=40854"},"modified":"2016-10-04T13:58:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T18:58:52","slug":"hurricane-matthew-and-being-prepared-posted-by-sarah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/hurricane-matthew-and-being-prepared-posted-by-sarah\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Matthew And Being Prepared – Posted by Sarah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Hurricane Matthew at Category IV having just pummeled Haiti and heading quickly for the Florida coast, we wanted to revisit some good references on hurricane preparation.<\/p>\n

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First, Steve & Linda have a couple interesting posts from 2011 on preparing Wind Horse<\/em> for a possible hurricane encounter up in New York.\u00a0Click here<\/a> for the prep article, and here <\/a>to read the aftermath and lessons learned.<\/p>\n

Next, there is a very informative\u00a0article<\/a> from Tom and Jean Service, detailing for SetSail the steps they took to prepare their 1977 CSY 44′ cutter for Hurricane Charley in 2004.<\/p>\n

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Here is a Q & A<\/a> between Steve and the owners of Sundeer 64 ketch\u00a0Jedi<\/em> in 2004, after\u00a0Jedi\u00a0<\/em>successfully rode out Category IV Hurricane Ivan in Grenada.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Dashews’ books\u00a0have detailed sections on hurricane preparation, tactics, and avoidance. They are all\u00a0available as free downloads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of particular note:<\/p>\n