Sint Maarten

We left early in the morning and choose to tow the dinghy behind us. Luckily we did as we realized that the bridge only opens at 9:30 and not again untill 11:30, going into Simpson Bay. We just made it in time, in fact we only dropped the main as we rounded the red bouy to come into the channel. I haven’t been at a draw bridge since sailing the Bra D’or Lakes in Cape Brenton.
It is shallow in the Bay and we anchored near Nicolas and Maria on Blue Magic. Shortly after we got settled they came by the boat to say Hi.
Brian had made reservations at a restaurant called Tropicana (reviews look great), but Nicolas and Maria were having refrigeration problems and weren’t sure they would be able to come, as they had lots of food thawing and invited us over. They were heading to Island Water World and we weren’t far behind them, although we didn’t see them. We got new breakers, a radar reflector, replaced the watermaker filet er we had given to Mike, and got more varnishing supplies.
We took it back to the boat and were about to head to get groceries when they came back to confirm they weren’t going to restaurant. We agreed to have a meal with them and Maria came in the boat so we could do groceries together (but first we had lunch), then a big grocery order. The fridges on Lorena are stuffed full!
Once the groceries were put away, we went for another cruises around the Bay and Brian brought me to Goonies…. But it was loud, so we walked the docks and met Nestor and Yolanda (who were anchor next to us when we came in, and in Jolly Harbour). They invited us on their boat and we sat and chatted for an hour or so, eating some homemade hummus.
Then back to Lorena to make a quick salad and head to Blue Magic. We had a delicious meal of pork roast, rice, peas and salad, with the ice cream we brought for dessert. After dinner we played Rummikub, and back to Lorena to sleep!Read more