March 10--One very bad day for boaters.

We had a fierce storm blow in as we were out getting a rental car for Will’s trip to Miami .  It blew up to 50 knots and there were many capsized boats and missing persons.  One guy had dinghied in to the Marathon Harbor for supplies and his boat disappeared at anchor just off the marina.  Another guy’s wife disappeared off the boat.  A number of boats were blown into the shoals.  Some coming in now with shredded sails.  We were lucky and chose to get here yesterday ahead of the predicted bad weather and we were well tied up, so no damage to Patina in her slip.  The Coast Guard was very busy.