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Hundreds of yachters along with their family and friends are now docked in Trinidad waters, having sought refuge from Hurricane Beryl. Our TV6 crew - senior reporter Rynessa Cutting and camerawoman Kerry Patrick went out to sea, and spoke with some of the visitors.

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00:00I am on the water in Chagaramas and of course as you can see behind me there
00:07are vessels across the water. We're being told that as far as Portospin,
00:12straight down to Shakashikari Island, vessels have docked as they have come in
00:17search of shelter from hurricane Beryl. We're told that vessels started coming
00:21in as early as Friday during the daytime and at this time it's estimated that
00:25there are hundreds of vessels docked here in TNT. Hundreds of yachters have
00:33made their way down to Trinidad, many of them having made a last-minute decision
00:37to leave Grenada in search of safe harbour. If the boat's safe, we're safe
00:42and you know we'll be all right and everybody here so far, all the people
00:46that are in at the club and everything else, they've come out and they've made
00:50sure that we're all right. You know if you look out there last night, I don't
00:56know if you want to pan out there, but last night there was no boats out there.
01:01All of these boats came in last night. It wouldn't surprise me if there are a
01:05thousand boats here in Trinidad at the moment. Paul Gregoire and his family who
01:10hailed from Florida came into Trinidad's waters on Sunday but he tells TV6 many
01:17other yachters opted to remain in Grenada and to wish for the best. He's
01:21hoping it's a decision they won't end up regretting. We were actually on a mooring
01:26ball in Grenada in Woodward Bay and we were going to stay there until yesterday
01:32and when things changed and the hurricane decided to come south and thank
01:37God we did. Yeah, we have friends there right now. It's about an hour from
01:41hitting Grenada, I think is a category three or four. So we sailed yesterday and
01:46got into a real nice safe harbor here in Trinidad, which we were here 18 years
01:50ago with our little babies. We were sailing so we get to see it all over
01:54again. Yeah, retired now. So the people who you left there on the sea, what made
02:01them decide to stay? Well, we were asking the same thing. You know, why take a
02:05chance when you're only 80 miles away and whether you're at a marina or on a
02:10mooring ball, when a category three or four hurricane comes that
02:15close, you should not take any chances. It makes no sense. I don't know why. I
02:19wish I did. Um, but I wish him the best. Maggie Wyron's and her family are also
02:24a doctor. She says the local authorities have been very welcoming and have been
02:30supporting them throughout the registration process. We actually didn't
02:34have Trinidad on our radar because we were just going to pull our boat out in
02:38Grenada. But I'm so overwhelmed with the wonderful Grenada. Sorry,
02:45Trinidadians. How do you, how do you call yourself? Um, I'm just incredibly
02:50thankful. Um, everyone is so welcoming. There have been so many rules that you
02:56guys could absolutely enforce that you haven't. Um, you're letting us anchor
03:00out in your beautiful bays. You're letting us, um, check in, you know, in
03:05steps instead of all rushing into the offices. Everybody's helping with
03:09paperwork. Some of the fees have been waves. You're very, very generous with
03:14the pet policies. Many of the autos told TV six they intend to spend a few
03:19weeks to months here in Trinidad as they wait out the hurricane season.
03:24Vanessa Cutting TV six News.
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