Cruising World - May 2016

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A TALE of TWO TEMPESTS

TAMMY SWART

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n the following two stories, sailors who are currently on opposite sides of the globe share

their wild weather experiences from early 2016. First is Scott Neuman’s report from the

Bahamas’ Exuma Cays, where a violent windstorm in January took cruisers by surprise.

Meri Faulkner then recounts her fi rsthand experience with February’s Cyclone Winston, the

most powerful storm on record to hit Fiji.

Peace before the storm: Sailors in George Town, Bahamas, report that the weather had been settled the day of the

derecho. When the clouds came, no one expected the 70-plus knots of wind that swept through the islands.

Special Report

In the first two months of 2016, extreme weather events have impacted the cruising

fleet in Fiji and the Bahamas.

BY SCOTT NEUMAN AND MERI FAULKNER