Anyone with experience in these waters knows how much the Gulfstream can amplify the effects of storms, even "weaker" Cat 1 or 2 storms generate wave actions much greater when winds are pushed against the strong currents. We fish the stream edge and during northeast winds you can see changes from 3-5' seas on the inshore edge heap up to 10-12' on a dotted line along the current rip. The Bounty was right in the middle of the strongest part of the current based on satellite sea surface temps the day before the storm. From his course track it appears he was trying to pass to the east of the storm but changed course and was heading for the inshore side when the storm arrived and didn't make it to the western wall of the stream where seas would have been much smaller. Not that they would have been insignificant, the bottom inshore is littered with wrecks from storms too.The article in the link below and video of an interview with the Captain sent chills down my spine. Maybe it's just me getting more conservative in my old age but the notion of actually intentionally sailing into a storm is beyond comprehension on anything less than 500'. His statement "you try to get as close to the eye as you can" is mind numbing! I've been through eyewalls, thankfully anchored in sheltered waters, open ocean? Not if I could help it!