4/24/2026 Oranjestad Bay, Eustatius A little sprinkle in the morning quickly gave way to sunshine and light breezes. We got underway at about 0800 and sailed close hauled from Eustatius to the north end of St Kitts. Once in the lee of St Kitts the wind died and we motored down the coast to Basseterre to check in. There is a small anchorage at Basseterre and there were already 6 boats anchored. I found a spot in the middle and we dropped the hook. Satisfied with our anchor we enjoyed lunch before heading into customs and immigration. I read so many reviews about how terrible the check in process was here. They have 3 different websites to go to in order to complete your paperwork online and the fees looked high as well. I did my best with the forms, one in particular was very difficult. They wanted you to use the ISO 3611-1 five letter port codes for your port references. It is like the 3 letter airport codes, ie LAX, but for shipping ports. The first stop was customs; they wer...