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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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 2/11/2026 Great Bay, Sint Maarten The wind blew hard all night, but the water was calm and the anchor held, though it did groan a lot. After sun salutations and coffee, it was time to get to work. The generator was getting no cooling water, so I started at the source which required diving. I set up the spare air and jumped in with some tools. A little rotor rooter at the through hull but it did not seem to be clogged. Inside at the through hull, I detached the intake hose and removed it from the strainer to thoroughly clean it but no obvious obstruction. I removed the exit hose from the strainer and the check valve. We found a bunch of weeds in the check valve and cleaned it out. I found it was not functioning properly, put that on the list. Having found very little I returned to the through hull which is a brass valve with a 90-degree ell on top. This made it difficult to get in it with any brush or grabber tool to properly check and clear. I tried to remove the ell but feare...
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