Riding Out Hurricane Ian On My Boat In Tampa Bay. Reverse Storm Surge!

When you said “ lines were getting stretched to their limits “ and then had a shot of a sailboat literally hanging by the lines off a pilling, that was really pro! Nice report thanks.

glad you stayed put my friend…so sad for all the devastation and sorrow south of y’all!🙏

Glad you made the right decision, and your boat (home) and you are safe. I missed you when you stop the videos, also glad you are back. Stay safe.

Glad to see the first mate!

Capt. Butch & Amira So happy you rode out the storm in the marina. My brother has a 43" Sea Ray which is docked in Tampa and it was a wild night with checking lines. Happy the both of you and the boat weathered the storm with no major problems. I really enjoy your videos and look forward to each. I still remember the video of removing the couch on the rear deck and "testing" the fire extinguisher on the rear deck, that was funny watching. Hope you have a great week and if I get over your way I will have to walk down the dock and say hello.

Glad to hear you are fine.

So happy for you that you made it through pretty much unscathed. It was so interesting talking to you through it and i must confess, it brought back alot of memories of my time on dock 4. I watched the storm track very closely and was convinced early on it eould track just like Charley had done. Im not sure what it is about the Tampa bay area but it seems storms are steered south or well north of it. At any rate i certainly felt the anxiety i know you and everyone else go through in such an event. It is so very draining mentally and physically. I was so sorry to hear of the devastation and loss for those that took the brunt of this storm. They have a long road ahead to recovery.

So glad you made it thru ok, we were on the north side of the eye and no storm surge. 5 miles south was ground zero! Praying for all the people who lost everything. We were very lucky

Puzzled. You came past Ft. Myers after Ian passed, yet here you''re back in Tampa Bay.

With the angle of approach of Ian coming up the coast in such a shallow angle it made nearly any decision impossible. Just a few degrees could mean south Florida or Panhandle. Choosing a destination ahead of time was nearly impossible. Forecasts had it locked in to Tampa for several days with high confidence like I had not seen before. I admit I was a bit worried 3 days out. The one thing I kept telling my self..from watching these storms since the 70s...they rarely end up exactly as forecast 3 days later. I hate those leaks that only come through when when the wind is blowing in a certain direction...lol. Tough to find. Thanks for the video and update. Glad it all came out ok for you.

It’s so strange that your intuition was the correct one actually, I shouldn’t say it’s strange it’s probably always going to be true

Hi Butch,
Glad we both made it out of Ian unharmed and like you feel very sorry for the people to our south that weren't so fortunate. It was interesting to see your experience living aboard while the storm was passing. I was fortunate at my floating docks to be able to secure Edonismo the best I could and then head for safer ground to ride out the storm. Dealing with lines and all the other factors you had during the storm really increases the stress level immensely. You did a great job managing the situation. I'm glad that you addressed the uncertainties in the forecasts and tracks of storms. When I posted my hurricane preparations for Edonismo on line I got a lot of free internet advice telling me how dumb I was for not moving my boat somewhere safer. My favorite one was a guy telling me I should have put my 60 ft., 45 ton, 26 ft. tall vessel on a trailer and drove north. LOL Can't make this stuff up. Like you said no one really knows the track of the storm until it's too late to outrun it in a slow moving vessel. Counting my blessings and saying my prayers for the people south of us. Glad that you are ok and hope to see you soon. Paul

Hi m a tampa native lived up on Hillsborough River area my boat 36 Chris craft mored up ali fia river ive rode out amany hurricanes some right thru tampa worst one was hurricane Donna but here you have lot's of rivers safer up river as far as you can go up but the bay is not were you want to be in a storm just tip for ya

Good on ‘ya!

I’m in Jacksonville and we are still having local flooding at the high tides today (Oct 12). The St. John’s river flows north and all the rain south of us is still flowing out.

Good that it missed you. I would have probably gone straight west into the gulf to get away from the storm tracks.

Risk verses reward, life is full of these decisions, you have many more days, be calm…. It has been an incredible storm changing thousands of lives…

OMG, I would of been scared to death. I’ve ridden out many a hurricanes but not on a boat?😳🥺

For those in S Florida many have probably lived here when Hurricane Charley blew threw. He was also supposed to hit Tampa but veered south. So when Ian was supposed to hit Tampa as well for those in SW Florida should have possibly anticipated this after Charley. We had Ian pretty bad here in Volusia County (Daytona Beach area) with 5 fatalities and our beach erosion from Ian had homes teetering on the end of falling into the ocean. Nicole just blew through and was kind enough to finish what Ian started. It’s so bad here in Volusia with the damage and Ian caused severe flooding and we got over 2 feet of water. Hurricanes usually don’t hit where they are supposed to. Seen them supposed to go in the North Atlantic and changed course to FL. Always be ready to leave

Hey Butch, that leak could be on port or starboard side collecting water. Maybe just needs some caulking/sealant. Looks like it’s following the beam once it’s internal.