Our time in Sint Maarten is coming to an end. As the hours wind down, I am reflecting on the beauty and the strength of this island and the people that live here. Seeing the island recover after Irma with nothing but sheer grit and determination is an inspiration. Everyone has a recovery story andContinue reading “Ode to Sint Maarten”
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Meet Our Neighbors
Living in the boatyard the last couple of weeks, I am struck by the differences between our only two neighbors. About 60 feet to my right is Omar and his family – They are Jamaican and whatever his wife is cooking all day smells like heaven. Their boat is the same model as ours, butContinue reading “Meet Our Neighbors”
Marionette is no longer topless.
Hurricane Irma, the notoriously powerful and destructive category 5 storm that hit Sint Maarten and many other Leeward Islands in 2017, did a great deal of damage to Bobby’s, the boat yard that Marionette has called home for the past 4 years. Fortunately for Marionette (and us), the boat was not damaged, but the canvasContinue reading “Marionette is no longer topless.”
The View
Our sailboat has a mast! And, the best part, that mast is now in the boat where it belongs! All of a sudden, she looks like a sailboat. Lots of wiring goes in through the mast to send data from way up there to the navigation panel on deck – wind speed and direction andContinue reading “The View”
Sailing Marionette 