We’ve had a whirlwind couple of days touring and exploring both sides of St. Martin/Sint Maarten with John, Sadhana and Aidan. We explored Marigot and had lunch at a lovely little cafe called “So Benedict”. We drove along the north west and east side of the island and rested on a few beaches. We spent 2 days exploring the island and saw many parts most boaters wouldn’t see (unless they rented a car). As things always seem to go, many elements collided at the same time and on Friday, January 30th all those elements all came together.
The day started with a rendezvous at Soggy Dollar – a great dinghy dock for us with an easy pick-up point for John. We had coffee at this nice little spot and then headed to Red Beach (Bay). We were keeping to that side of the island because John and Sadhana’s daughter Sophie was arriving that afternoon (we were close to the airport) around 4 pm.
All the rendezvous happened within hours of each other!! Sophie arrived on a WestJet flight around 3:30pm. Our friends’ Sharron and John had a friend arriving on an Air Canada flight at 4 pm and we had sailing friends, Greta and Brian on Desert Loon arriving that afternoon. So many reunions!!
We met Greta and Brian (Desert Loon) at Ocean World (back in the DR) last February and haven’t seen them since they sailed on to Grenada to store their boat last season. They are now on their way back to Florida so it’s super cool that we could meet up with them here!!
Mark and I did something we haven’t done yet this season – we took the dinghy to Lagoonies (a restaurant on the Dutch side) at night to meet up with our sailing friends!! It was an awesome night!! We got caught up with Brian and Greta (and heard about their adventures south last season and north this season). We met Sharron and John’s friend Katherine and we saw Sharron’s friends Lisa and Lionel again. It was a great night of catching up, exchanging stories and eating some good food!!
Today (January 31) we met up with John, Sadhana, Aidan and Sophie and had lunch in Marigot. They had spent the morning on the beach and it was great to meet up with them and share a meal together. Only a few more days remain before John, Sadhana, Aidan and Sophie head home and we head south!!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 