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 3/2/26 Columbier Bay, St Barts Calm in the early morning with a full moon setting behind us. Then a squall came through, rain and 30 knot wind ruining my namaste. It only lasted a few minutes and settled back down with blue skies appearing. The weather is so unpredictable here and goes from one extreme to another.   The afternoons seem to settle a little bit. We took the dinghy for the one mile wet and wild ride to town to check out in preparation for leaving the next day for Sint Maarten. The check out was just as easy as the check-in. A quick stop at the American Gourmet Grocer. And of course we had to poke our heads into a few boutiques. The dinghy ride back was a bit better with wind and sea behind us. The bay was filling up with day boats and beach goers despite the wind. In the evening two big cats pulled in for the night and parked on top of us. As we drifted closer together, I called out to the crew suggesting we were a bit close. They responded with “it will be O...
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 2/19/2026 Anse Marcel, St Marten Quiet but a bit rolling overnight, no rain, so no interruptions to my sleep. The skies were grey but cleared by the time we departed at about 0900. We motored east around the north end of The Flat Island for a better point of sail to St Bart. We unfurled the main and jib for a close reach south. The sea was running about 4’ on our port bow making for a rolling ride. The wind was a perfect 12-15 knots keeping the sails well filled. Looking east the next piece of land is Africa, truly the open ocean. As we approached Gustavia anchorage the number of super yachts was overwhelming. Several had helicopters on deck and many had lots of toys deployed at their sterns. Further in were boats more our size at anchor and even further in were moorings. We found a spot on the south side of the fairway near Gross Islets, a series of rocks. It was about 30’ deep and you could see the anchor all the way to the bottom as it righted itself in beautiful white sand...
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