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George & Michael
Wed 13 Feb 2008 13:25
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Hello Friends
"18:04.24N 63:05.25W"
We had a great run from Guadeloupe to
St Kitts, reaching to windward of Montserrat and close by Redonda. Since we
know the St Kitts anchorage we were happy to arrive after dark but with
excellent conditions we completed the 75 miles in ten and a half hours and were
comfortably anchored in time to greet the sunset in traditional
manner...
The Girls arrived on schedule on 4th
February in St Kitts and have been greeted by very brisk trade winds. Here we
are on our island tour visiting the Brimstone Hill fort in St
Kitts.
 Our journey north to St Barths was
interesting in 25 knots plus, though everyone was fine and Barbara, with the
benefit of a Hyoscine patch, had not a twinge of seasickness. We anchored in
Anse de Colombiers at the NW corner of St Barths and were greeted by the usual
profusion of turtles around the boat.
A day pottering around Gustavia
followed though the girls were very restrained in the shops, which in view of
the pricing in Gustavia was probably just as well. The Cabin Boy was not quite
so restrained and was tempted by a Cuban Cigar - not available inside the US of
course.
 The rest of our time was spent just
chilling out, turtle watching and snoozing before a short and easy crossing to
St Martin where we decided to go into the marina in view of the brisk weather
and large seas. We managed to visit the large chandleries without significant
spending as we now have so many spares and supplies on board that more seem
superfluous.
When we berthed in St Martin we were
a couple of boats away from "Bedouin" a ketch which we'd seen in Martinique,
Guadeloupe and in St Kitts. We were very kindly invited to visit the home of
Bedouin's owners and spent a delightful afternoon by the pool, overlooking a
magnificent view to St Barths. Here are the Girls frolicking in the pool with St
Barths in the distance through the haze.
 And the other news is that the Cabin
Boy has a new job ! He will be flying to The Netherlands tomorrow to start a new
job assisting with boats in The Netherlands and in Barcelona. We wish him
well!
So we're heading back to St Kitts
with only four of us left on board and judging from the forecast, it will be
another bumpy ride!
Best Wishes
George, Michael, Pom and
Barbara
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