We left Antigua at dusk and sailed overnight under parasailor and arrived early at St Barts after an easy 72M saili. A quick stop to check in, check out the town and we headed to Anse Columbier for a night. After a good rest we set sail for St Maartin, just 12M downwind. St Maartin has a dutch and French side. We stopped inside the Lagoon on the French side. Fun going in through the opening bridge which is wider than it looks as you enter, worrying about touching the sides. St Maartin is a popular anchorage, partly because the lagoon is totally protected, and partly because there are a ton of large supermarkets, chandlers, bars and restaurants. We planned to stock up and continue our sail West. The trade winds gave up for a day or two and we had wind from every direction. It was easy to get stuck in St Maartin, a lot of sailors and a lot of yachts are floating around the lagoon in various states of disrepair, of half sunk. We stayed a little longer than we wanted, waiting on weather, and were glad to leave after 2 weeks. A nice place to visit, but…
We did try make the most of our time, hired a jeep to take a look around the island, which was fun.
We also met quite a few cruisers and friends we have met along the way which almost made up for the amount of cleaning we would have to do later to Sephinas hull after a thick coating of slime and barnacles attached themselves.
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