I rode it out here just inland from the N end of Wrightsville beach. Front side of storm, no big deal. Sea came up about 4-5', typical stuff. Wind pretty fresh out of the E to SE. Docks and boats doing fine. Maybe 40kts.
So in the lull, or eye remnant, we go to a bud's house and drink some beers and eat some grub. Come back to the dock, tide has dropped a bit, winds light, all's well.
Wake up and all hell is breaking loose. The backside of this thing was a biatch. Way more wind than the front side. If front side was 40kts, back side was 80kts. That's where stuff got tore up.
Can't complain too much, 80kts is really nothing in storm terms.
47 tons of ground up salad to clean up. That is the worst of it, and not complaining.
Old Kubota logged 36hrs and did not miss a beat. Neighbors came over to cook and wash, that resulted in some very good eating on my part.