' For every beautiful destination and every beautiful sunset, there's a cost for it,' Emily Crew and her husband Cole said after they ran into strong winds while on a 9,000-mile nautical journey, they began two years ago.
Daniela HurtadoThe summer months are a time of peak travel and boating, Especially in the Caribbean. ABC13 reporter Daniela Hurtado spoke with two sailors who are in the path of Hurricane Beryl.Hurricane Beryl is now barreling through the Caribbean, becoming the fastest Category 4 storm in the Atlantic on record.
With the summer months here, this is the peak time for traveling and boating, especially in the Caribbean.first set sail out of Kemah two years ago when they bought their boat. Nearly 9,000 nautical miles later, the Florida couple found themselves in Grenada during Hurricane Beryl's passage. On Monday, they told Eyewitness News they were thankful they were safe after encountering several scary moments as Hurricane Berly began to land.The Crews are content creators who love the open sea and sailing, making videos as they adventure worldwide.Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada's Carriacou Island as life-threatening Category 4 stormThe Crews say they're in Grenada on Egmont Bay in their sailboat, an area they say is usually referred to as a hurricane-safe zone.
The Crews say their boat insurance requires them to be in Grenada this season under their hurricane emergency plan. They planned to store their boat there and return to Florida for a few months throughout the projected busy season."These islands aren't prepared for stuff like this down here," said Emily Crews."A lot of these islands aren't used to it. We don't see them intensify that quickly and that far out in the ocean," ABC meteorologist Rachel Briers said.
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