St. Martin - still here...

May 15, 2014

You would think being in “paradise” you wouldn’t get bored but sitting on the boat in the same anchorage for going on a week, is getting long - especially if you can’t swim or snorkel.  I cannot tell you how disgusting the water is in the lagoon but it is.  Most days you can’t see the bottom and we are only in about 10 feet of water.  Yellow chunks of some type of matter floats by all the time.  Daniel won’t make water here in the lagoon because the water is that bad.  With that said, it is a very nice anchorage (if you can get past the water part).  It is protecting us from the waves and swells that make it difficult for you to keep your lunch down.  So the protection is awesome.  The water is smooth in here, even with the high winds we feel, the water stays very calm.  Like I said before, we are right next to the pretty Simpson Bay Bridge (which I walked yesterday) that lights up at night.  The pretty mountains of St. Martin are right in front of us.  If we get too bored, usually an airplane will take off and that will wake you up because we are really, really close to the runway and the planes are really, really loud. 

We have taken D-Time to shore numerous times but there is only so long you can sit in a restaurant and use their free wifi J.  We walk around but since we live on a boat, there really isn’t anything to shop for.  We’ve been here before – rented a car and drove the island.  So we come up with projects.  Daniel has been working on sunshades for the cockpit and they have turned out wonderful.  I’ve cleaned and reorganized my clothing storage. 

We are still in St. Martin because of the wind and wave action I mentioned above.  Once they settle down enough to make the 16-18 hour voyage to the British Virgin Islands we will be leaving.  We hope that will only be another 2 days.  In the meantime, I guess I can go rearrange some more storage.