Island of St. Maarten, Dutch Side
25 April 2015 | Simpson Baai
We spent a week at Isle de Caprit in order to recover from our passage.
From there, we did a day-sail to the top of Guadeloupe. There we had lunch with a French family we met in Huahine. It was quick visit, but they will be travelling in Canada this summer, so have promised to come by and visit us at our home. It was lovely to see them again!
From Guadeloupe, we did another day hop, 40 miles to Jolly Harbour, Antigua. The Salty Gingers know the Caribbean really well and have taken us to the most amazing places. Jolly Harbour had the most beautiful blue-turquoise water. It was such a pleasure to be in such a fantastic anchorage.
The Gromits and Salty Ginger kids have been having a blast together. Laughter, giggles, dancing and singing.......Zoe, Maia, Liam, Alex and Amelia - age range - 12-18......a gaggle of teenagers. They are such a vibrant and fun group. Sadly, few days ago, Alex flew home to work for the summer before his first year of university. We are all sad, especially Liam - the two of them were great buds.
We had a great good-bye BBQ dinner at a lovely beach the night before he left. As usual, we ate like kings and queens!
Now, we are anchored in Simpson Baai, on the Dutch side of St. Maarten, after a 90 mile overnight passage from Antigua. We'll be here a few days until we get our defective battery charger figured out. It was only aobut 5 months old and it quit.
We are so fortunate to be sailing with Salty Ginger. They are a fantastic sailing family full of fun and sunshine! What a fantastic way to finish our circumnavigation! Now if we could also meet up with Peggy and David on s/v Rhythm and Jenny and Randy on s/v Mystic, that would be the icing on the cake! Both boats will be near the next stop we make in the British Virgin Islands and US Virgin Islands. We are crossing our fingers that our paths cross.
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We have no internet on board so, Michael and I are at Pizza Hut using their wifi.
Still hoping to post some pictures........soon.......