Grand Case Bay, St. Martin

April 20, 2014

The wind has really been running high these past three days.  We’ve been at anchor in Grand Case Bay, which we really like, but the wind has been unbelievable.  It has been about 15-20 knots most of the day with gusts to 25 to 30 knots – and not just during the day, all night long as well.  C-Time is sailing on anchor, which means she is moving around almost all the time.  Even though we are in a protected harbor, the sea swells still make it to us so when the wind isn’t pushing us around, the waves are. 

The past few days we’ve rented a car and drove around the island stopping at shops and stopping at the local  beaches.  We met a nice couple on the beach one day, Steve and Kelly from Massachusetts, down here on Spring Break (Kelly is a school teacher).  We really enjoyed a nice dinner with them on the boat last night.  This is the best part about traveling – the people you meet along the way.  By the time we parted, we have plans to meet with them when we make our cruise up the east coast of the U.S.  Thanks, Steve and Kelly – see you soon!

If you’re stuck in a harbor because of weather or whatever reason, Grand Case is not a bad one, at all, to be stuck in.  We’ve almost become like locals.  For lunch on the beach, we had a baguette and cheese – we felt very French.  Everywhere you look in town, especially early in the mornings, you see people walking around carrying a couple of baguettes.  So we tried it.  We liked it.