 The outer bands of Hurricane Dean produced heavy rainfall and winds up to 75 mph ( 121 km / h ) across Antigua and Barbuda . There was no reported damage in the Leeward Islands or the Virgin Islands since the hurricane turned northward . In the Atlantic , a sailboat bound for Bermuda was caught off guard by the hurricane . The boat , which carried no radio equipment , was spotted by a hurricane hunter plane . The occupants of the boat suffered no injuries . In Bermuda , the hurricanes eastern eyewall produced 81 mph ( 130 km / h ) sustained winds with gusts up to 113 mph ( 182 km / h ) . Bermuda highest rainfall total from Dean was 2 @.@ 45 in ( 50 @.@ 8 mm ) while parts of the island received 3 @-@ 5 in ( 76 @.@ 2 – 127 mm ) of rain . 
