Hazard spot
Caribbean: hurricane season
Between June and November a handful of hurricanes crosses the island arc each year. Anyone who does not move south in time or haul out risks losing the boat in its berth.
- Cause
- Tropical cyclones
- Main season
- June to November
- Position
- 16° 00,0' N 064° 00,0' W
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How the place works
The season runs from 1 June to 30 November, and the severe systems come in August and September. A storm works its way up the island arc within days, and useful warning time rarely exceeds forty-eight hours. Getting out of the zone means going far south, to Trinidad or Grenada, or hauling the boat out.
What breaks there
Boats are rarely destroyed by wind alone but by their neighbours: in the mangroves and in the marina one breaks loose and the rest go down like dominoes. Add the storm surge inside the basin, which lifts boats over the pontoon and sets them down where no crane can reach.
What this means for your policy
Almost every set of conditions has a blackout period here, or a requirement to move the boat out of the zone by a fixed date. Before the season, settle in writing which latitudes are meant, which date applies and what securing is required. Anyone who asks once a name appears on the weather chart settles nothing.
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