Hello All,

The Eye of the Hurricane went past St. Croix last nite,....we are at 64.8 west....and the eye is finally west of us.

Even though the eye was 200 miles north of St. Croix,...the effects were tremendous. The sea state yesterday was spectacular.

The storm surge in front of the Hurricane sent rollers crashing on my beach with true 10 footers,......this hapens MAYBE once or twice a year here. The sea surface was strangely smooth,...then,..near shore,...the ocean would roll up and.....bam!,......the waves were too big for the local surfers!

The wind was 20 ish out of the West ( the front of the cyclone),...which led to blowing off the top of the waves while they were crashing,...the roar was tremendous!

Today ( sunday),....the water is smooth ( like a bathtub) and the wind is South ( back side if the cyclone) about 20 mph,....yes, we are sailing this afternoon!

Unfortunately,...the forcast is NOT a good one for East Coast USA,.....time to prepare beach cat folks!

regards and be ready,

Bruce
St. Croix
US Virgin Islands