ADDENDUM: Heading South in Pictures
Well we can’t blame wifi or connectivity for not yet posting our Bermuda to St Martin passage pictures, so I’ll chalk it up to getting settled into a new routine, loving (almost) every minute, and in general just not getting around to it! A lame excuse I know, but there it is. So now I’m sitting on the patio at one of our favourite spots to eat in Marigot, Le Sous-Marin, with wifi and Carib a-plenty, looking through the photos are recollecting some of the high points. Enjoy!
Bye bye Bermuda! Wish we could have stayed longer, but the weather had different plans…
See that look on my face? That’s what you get from a quick decision to leave in hopes you can stay ahead of a nasty looking cold front and then a few hours of VERY busy preparations to get out of dodge in time to make it!
Aden keeping the decks clean of the wildlife…
…and even the captain has to do his part.
Harris Crew family swim in 7000m of water now firmly into the trade winds where the weather is great. This was obviously taken before any of us had real tans, but just look at the colour of that water!
We saw some amazing sunsets. Some like this one with sky looking like it might turn threatening overnight.
Some sunsets were like this one, with absolutely clear sky and the day’s cumulus clouds way out on the horizon.
When there’s nothing between you and horizon but water, you get to see some pretty amazing rainbows…
…and cloud formations with rainbows inside!
Even on passage the maintenance work doesn’t stop. Here I am working on getting our water-maker flow pump back in operation. Being able to make fresh water is kind of important after all.
This guy turned 12 years old about 24 hours from St Martin, so we celebrated at sea.
Birthday hugs for the birthday boy!
Land Ho! St Martin dead ahead!
Panorama of Marigot Bay from on top of Fort St Louis. Bonus points for anyone who can pick out Matriarch anchored in the background!
We did it! Here we are on top of Fort St. Louis in French St Martin, trying not to fall over from the land-sickness!