Another very short post:
Not many times in my life have I ever felt this intensely grateful or this acutely relieved. We have gotten back to the boat and she has no damage of any kind and is sitting exactly the way we left her.
When we walked away from her two days ago the probabity of escaping a cat 4 direct hit were not in our favor. It seemed to grow more ominous as the hours passed and new tracks came in, but in the very last hours of approach we were spared. The slightest wobble kept the eye of Matthew far enough offshore that we not only avoided landfall but almost all the serious hurricane strength winds remained off shore too. Lucky, is a word I keep repeating.
I have much more to write bouncing around in my head right now, but instead need to go start reassembling our boat. Inside we can’t find the floor or a place to sit under the sails, solar panels, surfboards, engine hoists, and everything else. I am happily off to go make our boat our home again.
Wright Away Sails Away 
So very glad to hear you and your boat has come through okay. Best wishes, Carolyn, South.Australia
Thank you for the well wishes!
So happy for you. This could’ve gotten very messy. If the storm had tracked just a little further west, the outcome would have been very different for a lot of people
Let’s hope this was the grand finale of this hurricane season. We are itching to get going again and look forward to jumping off the back of the boat into warm clear waters.
Mark and Cindy
s/v Cream Puff
Agree, agree, agree!!!….and agree! For a minute I didn’t think we’d be getting back to the warm clear waters for a while.
The news really seems to have missed the point out here. They keep pointing at broken tree limbs and saying “destruction!” When I think they need to be focusing on How big of a bullet we just missed and how lucky we really are.
Ready more than ever now to get back out there! Hope to see you soon.
Keith and Deborah
Awesome news! So happy for you guys.
>
Agree, awesome news. Looking forward to still being able to sail with you two newly-weds soon :). Enjoy your big day!
Fantastic! So happy and greatful!
Yes! Have you gotten to your boat yet? Hoping all is just as you left it! Hopefully Matthew did nothing more than delay our lunch date with you 🙂
I’m so happy for you guys! We were all so lucky that Matthew tracked east. Things could have been so bad.
Great news! So glad to hear that everything worked out well!
Bob and Tracy
S/V Lucky Dogs
Thanks! Saw you guys moved out for the storm-smart! Hope everything went well for you too!
Glad all is well also…I agree that the news should focus on how the damage in our are was a lot *less* that it could have been (on the track that had been forecast). Good to hear from you too, Lucky Dogs (also neighbors)…fair winds to you too!
I am so glad you are doing well. It has too many years since I have seen you. I hope you and your wife are enjoying life and doing good. Seeing you grown up you look a lot like your dad. Miss all of you and I hope some day we can see you again.
So great to hear from you! Hope we get to catch up sometime-that would be very nice!