St Martin 18:05N 63:06W
Lotus
Sun 31 Jan 2010 13:25
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St Martin or Sint Maarten, depending on whether you
are on the French or the Dutch side, is the smallest area in the world split
into two country dependencies. We anchored in the French side with
chocolate croissants on our minds. We weren't disappointed, the
supermarket was full of French goodies but with the weakness of the pound it was
all very expensive, we did manage a few little treats though!
After a morning of looking around the local market
and a couple of lunchtime beers, we went back to the boat where John and Guy
attached the motor to our very heavy and antique like, India bought, sewing
machine, whilst Ann readied herself for the task of cutting a whole in the sun
bimini and attaching a zip, so that we would be able to sail with the bimini up
and still see the Windex. A very good job she made of it too!
The next day we sailed north to a small island in
the nature reserve called Ilet de Tintamarre. We anchored in a very pretty
bay,but the water was a little murky and the dive we did didn't have much growth
on it, there were turtles in the water though, and they kept popping
up to the surface for a breather.
 After a relaxing afternoon we set sail for the
British Virgin Islands (BVI), at dusk with a 80nm sail ahead of us.
With Guy and Ann on board we only had to do one 2 hour watch each during the
night, a real treat. Unfortunately, the sea was rough and none of us
got much sleep so there were four grumpy heads in the
morning.
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