That's what I want to know. WHY? Who would be crazy enough to sail into the path of a hurricane? I could understand if this happened many years ago when there was little/no hurricane tracking but how could this happen nowadays when we have accurate satellite locations of the hurricanes plus a good idea of the track.
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!
You can stop the loop and step through the forecast maps with the controls on the left.
Early on Tuesday 9/29, the storm was forecast to stay well north of the El Faros' presumed course. As you step through the images you can see the storm forecast and center keep moving south and staying east.