Thank you Todd. I need to better educate myself on such things now that I reside in an area prone to such tropical atmospheric events.

I'm in for the 20th, and in for any party this weekend.

20th sounds like a doable date. Remember.....GYC is racing Saturday for anyone looking for a fix.

It's official, Aug 20 is the do over date.

Who said I'd leave momma back here? I agree that the proper term would be "divorce".

And no, I'm not going to shutter-up , but I may actually check to see if the cordless drill still works.

It turned out to be a very nice sailing weekend in Daytona. I would guess the wind averaged between 8 and 10. Started E the went SE about 1. Sat. We left the beach about 10:30 and spent about 40 min sailing north to were we usually start then continued on to the pier. After we reached the pier we decided to sail the course just for fun. It ended up a tight spin reach for most of both directions. Then the wind pretty much crapped out at about 3 when we were headed home. The 16's would have finished very late in the day. Some really nice swell running from the south made for some great surfing on the way back from the jetty.Max speed for the day was 13, not blazing but good fun. Hopefully we will get the same or better for the 20th.

Your killing us...It was a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Ya'll made the best decision for the information you had at the time.

I would not have guessed it would fall apart completely. I figured it would lose some strength then gain most of it back once it got past the Haiti/Dom Rep. I figured best case scenario, you would have still been hit with big swells making the beach launch dangerous especially if you had light wind.

Hindsight is always 20/20. The correct decision was made. The good news is, I'm still looking forward to the event, the bad news is the hangover from the fish fry is still ahead of me. Had the race been Saturday, I'd be over it by now.

Fried fish doesn't cause a hangover.

Huh!? The mystery continues.

I agree that it was the right call. I was checking NOAA right thru Sat morning to see if I was going to take the boat off the beach.
Now about how fried fish causes a hangover................

I was referring to "fish fry" as an event(and it is!), not a food. Sheesh, you guys are impossible!

Damn...I was going to use that excuse with my wife.
Fried catfish = Hangover