{"id":36532,"date":"2019-09-07T18:30:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T18:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/07\/that-time-a-hurricane-stranded-80-uruguayan-sailors-in-norfolk\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:30:51","slug":"that-time-a-hurricane-stranded-80-uruguayan-sailors-in-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/07\/that-time-a-hurricane-stranded-80-uruguayan-sailors-in-norfolk\/","title":{"rendered":"That time a hurricane stranded 80 Uruguayan sailors in Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NORFOLK, Va. \u2014 Sails were pulled. Lines were yanked. Boxes of food were loaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 80 crew members aboard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitanmiranda.org.uy\/\" target=_blank>El Capit\u00e1n Miranda<\/a> \u2014 a 205-foot schooner-style tall ship used for training for Uruguay\u2019s navy \u2014 hustled to prepare for something many of them had never encountered before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorian, a storm Virginia and North Carolina residents might look at through a lens of complacency, would be a first for most of the crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around Uruguay, hurricanes just don&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t ever stay in a hurricane,&#8221; said 23-year-old mustachioed midshipman Luis Sardi\u00f1a, who&#8217;s from Uruguay&#8217;s coastal capital city of Montevideo, &#8220;but I stay now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/07\/hunkered-down-in-hampton-roads-navy-weathers-a-hurricane\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Paddle-norfolk.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Hunkered down in Hampton Roads, Navy weathers a hurricane<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned Nova Scotia residents that Dorian was heading there \u201cin a hurry\u201d \u2014 hustling northeast at 25 mph \u2014 with potentially fierce winds expected to reach the Canadian province by late Saturday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Dorian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/07\/hunkered-down-in-hampton-roads-navy-weathers-a-hurricane\/\" target=_blank>crawled up the East Coast on Sept. 6<\/a>, the Uruguayan sailors clambered up wobbly netting to pull down decorative lights they had strung up for their week-long stay in Norfolk\u2019s Waterside district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their Sept. 2 arrival to the Mermaid City was part of a six-month training exercise that took them around South American countries like Brazil and Colombia, up to Mexico and then to Cuba before sailing to Miami and a number of other East Coast ports including Norfolk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were scheduled to leave Sept. 6 for the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico before returning home in November. But the storm pushed their departure date to at least Sept. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have no other option but to wait and see what happens,&#8221; said Sardi\u00f1a&#8217;s fellow midshipman, Santiago Quintelo, also 23 and from Montevideo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So how were they anticipating their first hurricane?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;C\u00f3mo se dice tranquilo en ingl\u00e9s?&#8221; Quintelo asked Sardi\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calm. They were feeling calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2052\" height=\"1349\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dorian-Norfolk.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dorian-Norfolk.jpg.jpg 2052w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dorian-Norfolk.jpg.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dorian-Norfolk.jpg.jpg?resize=768,505 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dorian-Norfolk.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,673 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dorian-Norfolk.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1010 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Dorian-Norfolk.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1346 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2052px) 100vw, 2052px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lyla Shaw, 7, plays with a toy sailboat in floodwaters in Larchmont after Hurricane Dorian brought heavy wind and rain to Norfolk, Va., on Friday.  (Kaitlin McKeown\/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sardi\u00f1a admitted he was feeling a bit nervous, but he\u2019d be more worried if they were out to sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Miranda, originally built in 1930 in Spain as a hydrographic vessel, is small, only has one engine and propeller and tends to roll in big waves. Maneuvering in bad weather can be difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Dorian was expected to be hitting Hampton Roads overnight Sept. 5 into Sept. 6, Sardi\u00f1a hoped to be fast asleep in his bunk below deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though they didn&#8217;t plan this, running into a hurricane fits into the role of the training ships, said Capit\u00e1n Miranda&#8217;s commanding officer, Diego Grolero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The long trip is meant to expose the new Uruguay naval academy graduates to the ocean in various countries and teach them first hand how to navigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You have to move to different seas because it&#8217;s not the same in the north Atlantic, the south Atlantic or Caribbean,&#8221; Grolero said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quintelo and Sardi\u00f1a had much of the morning on Sept. 5 to get the ship ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They joined their crew in taking down the main sail, which had a large, colorful sun face on it. It was pulled on to the wharf of Waterside and stuffed into a giant bag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sailors then hoisted it on board and out of harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Uruguay-navy.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Uruguay-navy.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Uruguay-navy.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Uruguay-navy.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Uruguay-navy.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Uruguay-navy.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crew members assigned to El Capit\u00e1n Miranda on Aug. 19 during a visit to New London. 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