Texas Boaters Brace for Hurricane Harvey

We were on the phone with a marine insurance company in Florida yesterday when they mentioned they’d just received a call from a client in Texas. The client went out of his way to notify the company that he was overnighting his insurance payment.

Why would someone both call and overnight their payment? A blob on the weather radar might offer an explanation. We presume the client’s boat is berthed somewhere in the now colorful portion of Texas.

Hurricane Harvey is bearing down on the Texas Gulf Coast, with landfall predicted later today near Corpus Christi (in June, the Corpus Christi Yacht Club hosted the US Sailing National Youth Championships). Harvey is rated as a Category 3 hurricane or higher, according to the New York Times. Heavy rain and flooding are predicted as opposed to heavy winds — in which case it may be better to be in a boat.

But even with insurance, you never want you or your boat to be in the path of the eye of a hurricane. Our fingers are crossed for the Gulf Coast. Stay dry and safe, everyone.