TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth — Seven months after lives and livelihoods were devastated by Hurricane Melissa, two boat captains and a bar owner are charting a way forward, hoping that the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season will be uneventful.

The three business owners — Denever “Floyd” Forbes of the renowned Pelican Bar, Dennis Abrahams of Captain Dennis Boat Tours, and Ridge Harvey of Captain Ridge Boat Tours — have employed 16 people and are supporting the local economy through community tourism.

Forbes, who has rebuilt Pelican Bar twice, has been rotating his team amid the revival of business.