We left St Bart’s in the morning and had a great sail over to Tintamarre (a flat island near Saint Martin). The beach had been so eroded by hurricane Irma that it was very steep. The only safe way ashore was to swim. This situation left all ashore hikes out. The guys took their exams…

We had a slow dinghy ride over to St Bart’s to pick up our scooters and made it to the dinghy dock without issue. We had to share scooters again but no problem. We had a great day riding the scooters, having lunch, stopping at beaches…etc. It was a really fun day. The group split…

St Bart’s is absolutely beautiful! We anchored in the anchorage with a ton of scope out so that it wouldn’t drag (This isn’t our first time at the rodeo!). We hung around onboard, a little sluggish after our night sail so some of us slept in, some just hung out and Krisann and Joe went…

We started the day with crepes that Erin made and then spent the day in Statia doing a bit of hiking, shopping and exploring the island. When we were here last week there was a new dockside bar/cafe they were preparing to open. Fortunately it opened the day we were there on this 2nd week…

We took the dinghy over to the island after breakfast and were surprised to see an overturned catamaran, Fujin, at Fort Bay Marina. We learned that it had flipped during the Caribbean 600 race the prior week and they hoped to right-it that evening. It had flipped at night and the Sabans rescued the crew…

11:00 AM – We got underway with the new crew after checking out at customs, finishing some last minute provisioning and getting a nice boat orientation from Captain Thom. We have a great crew – Joe, Krisann, Troy and Erin have been friends forever and have done a lot of sailing together. Mark is the…