The passage from North Gorda Sound in the British Virgin Islands to the Island of St Maartin turned in to a much better sail than expected and after two short tacks just after we left, we managed to keep our overall distance sailed down to 85 nautical miles. There was just enough consistent southerly direction in the wind to allow us to close reach almost straight down the rum line. We managed to sail most of it, we only motor sailed the last few hours as the wind strength was easing as the sun went down.
So after 15 hours we dropped ‘Greg’ our Mantus anchor, outside in very sloppy conditions in Simson Bay. It made for a very uncomfortable night, swaying from side to side. The next morning we were surprised to see La Vagabonde the Australian flagged yacht with Rylie and Elaina on board, anchored right in front of us. We left Gibraltar with them on the 1st of January and we saw them again in Road Town in the BVI’s about seven weeks ago, we motored through the bridge opening together into the lagoon to clear in through Customs and Immigration. They are a very friendly and helpful bunch of officials here, even though the documents we have to complete are very repetitious.
The photo is the lift bridge we went through into the lagoon.
Life is now very calm on Annecam