Johanna
N 32° 44.504', W 16° 42.709'
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The amount of water in the air was something unbelievable. And this was taken sometime in the afternoon, and the worst was still to come. |
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Of course the pontoon didn't go anywhere. It just floated around the marina hitting everything that got in the way. |
Next thing we knew, we were packing our bags. The marina evacuated us all to the hotel and we were very afraid we would not be sailing for a while. We were sure that all the pontoons would finally give in and all the boats would be just one big mess.
The forecast was saying that the worst would be from 9 pm to midnight. After dinner, about 9 pm, we walked down to the marina. It was still very scary, but it looked like the boats might make it.
We had a very restless night in a 5 star hotel room. When the first light came in the morning we hurried down to the marina. Everything was nice and calm, and the boats were in the same places than the night before. It was not really calm yet, but it was not very bad anymore and we could go and see how our dear home was doing. She was fine!
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Our pontoon used to be all the way to the pole and even more. |
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In the morning the marina was full of debris. |
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During the night the fishermen and the marineros had tied every bigger pieces of floating debris, so it would not damage the boats. |
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Even though they were working really hard, some boats still suffered some major damage. |
There's nothing they could have done to prevent this weather, but I'd like to thank every single person who helped to keep our boats safe. Marina made our evacuate time the best they could, we had a nice room, dinner and breakfast. At the same time these other guys were actually really risking their lives to save our boats.
Now we hope to leave this terrible experience behind us and head for the Canaries and new adventures. I hope they are not this exciting.