Leaving St. Martin

It is 11:45 on Tuesday, and we are at anchor at Anse Marcel, having just cleared out of customs for this island. We've spent a fairly busy day or so, with propane, diesel, gas, groceries, refreshments, systems checks, and repairing of some blocks and the wind generator tower base. Frankly, if we had to cross that lagoon by dinghy one more time, it would be too much. (The hell here never ends...)

We'll spend an overnight at Orient Bay, and if the weather is reasonable, we are headed to St. Eustatius Wednesday morning. We are budgetting for a 7 hour crossing, allowing all the sailing and anchoring to be done in daylight. Hopefully, we'll meet up with Walter and his company on Madness as they cruise the islands.

For some reason, my eamil with winlink as been a bit unpredictable, so we'll try to update when we can. A special hello to Peter Grassman who has been enjoying the blog and hello to everyone else!!
D & L