I had a leisurely stay in Charlestown Nevis getting
ashore for a couple of walk arounds, the last was to the Nelson Museum (his
wife was from Nevis and they were married here), it was fun to find as there
are no signs, I guess most people go by taxi tour.
 |
| Main street Charlestown |
 |
| Fishing off Charlestown |
I cleared out on Sunday 13th
in the morning and left the mooring about 3.30pm, with a forecast of f2-3
winds. Having got underway the wind rose to f4-6 and when it did not reduce
after clearing the channel at the north end of St Kitts I put a double reef in
the main and furled the jib, so as not to arrive in St Maarten in the dark. The
sea was somewhat confused with swells from the east and south, but lunch stayed
where it was. The wind finally started to ease at 7am so I shook out the reefs
in the main but left the jib furled as we were making good time,
 |
| St Maarten |
arriving at
Simpson Bay at 9am as the bridge was opening into the lagoon, so we joined the
queue and nipped straight in; having spotted a likely spot to anchor I got the
anchor ready and went to check on the depth to find it reading 1.5m we draw 2m
so full reverse thrust was engaged and another place found in just over 2m.
Then off ashore to find customs and immigration, who are in the police station
by the bridge (no signs of course until you find the right door) they are
fairly quick and efficient with only two forms to fill in. This place is very
similar to Chagaramas Trinidad in that there a number of marinas and
chandleries and plenty of other services and it is ‘tax free’. Shoreside is
very commercialised with lots to spend money on.
 |
| Simpson Bay lagoon |
 |
| Main street |
No comments:
Post a Comment