I'm not saying this has anything to do with the decision to sail but... http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatMergedDetails.jsp?boat_id=2529891&ybw=&units=Feet¤cy=USD&access=Public&listing_id=78975&url=

If you want a more colorful report check out the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224706/Crew-HMS-Bounty-forced-abandon-ship-Hurricane-Sandy-approaches.html

"- all 17 terrified crew-members clambered into life boats to watch their floating home shrink alone into the darkness.
She is now a ghost ship, bobbing unmanned towards the churning epicentre of what experts believe could be the worst hurricane ever to hit America."