mooring at the Bitter End about 9:30pm and very slowly and carefully
found our way out of the north sound into 20 knots of true wind. We
took it slow and easy around Necker Island (owned by Richard Branson),
then double reefed and took off for St. Martin at 8+. We had 20-25 knots of
apparent wind on the beam most of the trip, then it moved to about 60
degrees apparent for the last two hours and we punched into very
confused seas as the north wind blew into the prevailing easterly
seas. We arrived in Marigot Bay about 7:30am for an average of a
little over 8 knots.
The med mooring was in Fay's words "like pushing a fat lady into a size 6". In any case, Fay saved our lifelines with the timely application of a fender to the anchor of the adjacent 60' motor yacht. Then she promptly found a very nice baguette!
As a cold front moves through it's overcast with 20-30 knots in the slip here at the Marina Ft. Louis so we're catching up on email and chores. Tonight we find a nice bistro or restaurant for dinner.
