Yachting World — November 2017

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island to begin assessing the damage to
the many yachts stored and based there.
Many dozens of missing persons
messages were also still being circulated.
One was for Delilah Henriquez, wife of
American cruising sailor David Price.
Price, 67, was reported to have died
when the 56ft ketch Cool Breeze, which
he and his family were aboard at anchor
on the French side of St Martin, capsized
during Hurricane Irma. Henriquez, Price,
and her 14-year-old daughter Nayseth
Price tied themselves together to swim
to shore, but only Nayseth made it to
safety while Delilah remained missing.
In the British Virgin Islands many
iconic sailing destinations, including
the Bitter End Yacht Club, were almost
completely destroyed. Paraquita Bay,
often used as a hurricane hole by charter
companies, saw hundreds of yachts and
catamarans break free of their moorings
and destroyed in the mangroves.
Sunsail reported that its bases in the
Bahamas, St Lucia, Grenada and
Belize remained fully operational,

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 Anguilla: severe damage,
exacerbated by Category 4
storm Jose, after Irma.
 Antigua: some minor
damage
 Bahamas: large-scale
evacuation took place ahead
of Irma, but sustained only
moderate damage
 Barbuda: almost completely
destroyed by Irma, leading to a
full-scale evacuation
 British Virgin Islands:
severe damage caused by Irma
 Dominica: severe
devastation to homes, roads
and crops by Hurricane Maria
 Guadaloupe: declared a
disaster zone after Maria
 Martinique: avoided a direct
hit from Maria, but sustained
damage and flooding
 Puerto Rico: severe damage
and flooding from Hurricane
Maria led to deaths and a 100%
power loss across the island.
 St Barth: badly damaged
by Irma, but airport reopened.
Tourism office to welcome
visitors by the end of October.
 St Kitts & Nevis: Prime
Minister Timothy Harris, said
St Kitts was “spared the full
brunt” of Irma, but warned of
significant damage
 St Maarten: severe damage
to most buildings across the
island and key infrastructure.
Sailors reported missing, and
many hundreds of yachts
damaged or destroyed
 US Virgin Islands: St
Thomas and St John ravaged
by Irma, St Croix battered by
Maria two weeks later. Closed
to visitors at the time of going
to press.
Islands affected
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Marina Cay in
the British Virgin
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