St.Barth's

Moonbeam
David and Lynn Wilkie
Thu 10 Mar 2011 20:06
 
 
17.53.981N  062.51.454W
 
 
      
 
Woke up to better weather
 
      
 
Saturday morning we took in the view of all the yachts anchored off Gustavia, the capital of St. Barthelemy.
 
     
 
The largest was Abramovich's latest toy the 536' " Eclipse" which made otherwise significant yachts appear very small. Rumour has it that he wanted to fit Exocet missiles to " Eclipse" but as he did not "own" a country he was not allowed- so he tried to buy St. Barth's!
 
     
 
     
 
    
 
  Shell Beach                                                                                           Anse de Colombier
 
After checking in and taking a wander around Gustavia we moved anchorage up to Anse de Colombier a quiet spot at the north end of the island. Sunday was spent pottering about and snorkelling with the turtles and identifying various fish we had not seen before.
Monday we moved back to Gustavia and among things visited the duty free liquor store- with a litre of Gordon's gin at 8.30 euros and cheap malt whisky it would have been a shame not to have!