WE ARE BACK! St. Martin 12/31/12
It is the last day of 2012 and Sharon is arriving today. I have bumped into and created a friendship with George and Sam Chandler from the s/v Champlain, 2010 Oyster 56’ George is from Rochester and although we are in the same marina six boats apart we did not meet until Christmas Eve at a local restaurant. I had Christmas morning coffee and a boat tour and then several cockpit cocktail parties on both boats. At some point along the way I learned that last year at this time they had hooked up with Moby and Caroline Burton and had spent of the same good times with them.
Sharon arrived on time and we caught up and settled in before having New Years Eve cocktail with George & Sam on their boat. We retired to our boat about 7:30 and Don cooked lovely dinner, good vino, and we retired before midnight.
Had several projects in underway but were prepared to leave on January 4th. At 6:30 a.m. Jan. 4 we released our lines with the help of the early morning risers George and Sam and we were off to Nevis.