Boats & Stocks

[Francois+Goelo]

>>> Hurricane Klaus caused $150 million worth of Damages

in St Thomas in 1984, sinking an estimated 200 boats anchored in the Lee of Water Island and in Charlotte Amalie's Harbor... Having started as a Tropical Storm, just South of Puerto Rico, it came upon the Virgin Islands, virtually without warning, leaving no time to seek shelter in the usual Hurricane Holes, such as Culebra Island...

http://www.geocities.com/seageme/Hurricane_Klaus_Water_Barges.html?1004034751914

Several Water Barges broke lose from their mooring in the lee of Water Island and crushed a number of boats, that weren't able to get out of the way in time. The chain on my anchor gear was buoyed and ready to let go, which allowed me to retrieve it later, while escaping the Barges...

FG