DORIAN’S FURY

I had left my boat in Black Sound while I travelled in the UK, but by the time I got back to Fort Lauderdale the new hurricane was looking threatening. Hurricane Dorian was gathering speed as it drifted up from the Caribbean and I wanted to be back on the boat to ride out the storm. In both previous hurricanes I had been on the boat and on each occasion she had needed me.

I contacted a friend, Simon Crowley, who would be in Black Sound during the storm, and discovered that he was busy helping another boat – Kisskadee – whose starter motor had died. With no wind, her owner’s escape trip to Miami had been aborted.

belonged to Jean Claude and Elene. They were now desperate for a new starter motor – could I collect one and bring it with me to Marsh Harbour? This was to be close-run thing as the new unit had to be fabricated and I had already booked my flight to the island. But at the