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Heading Home Author: Bob and Donna Apr 17

 

After two weeks it was time to head home with a stop in Sint Maarten.

Thank you to Lin, Robert Joseph and Kerstine for making our stay at Cleopatra Villa  - The Harbour so enjoyable.  Thank you to Tony and George our taxi drivers and to Endless Summer Catamaran Tours. 

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Rodney Bay

We leave St. Lucia with many fond memories.

We returned to Sint Maarten via LIAT airlines which now has two nick names. Leave Island Any Time and Left  Luggage In Another Town…..

We had heard about the Leave Island Any Time saying! !   which we discovered when both in St. Lucia and Antigua our flight left ahead of schedule….. 20 minutes on one flight and 15 minutes on another… Air travel in the Caribbean … always an adventure….

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We spent five days in Sint Maarten putting Bergy to Bed and saying our farewells.

Thank you to the Turquoise Shell Inn - Carter Polly and Marcus for always making us feel at home - ‘GO CANADA GO’!,  to Bobby’s Marina for taking good care of Bergy, to the ‘Coffee’ Ladies for the lovely Birthday Lunch and gift and of course to Mirjam Jan and Anna - what can we say….

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This years farewell to Mirjam and Anna was bitter sweet as Mirjam and Anna will be returning to Holland permanently in July 2010.  We will MISS them………

It was a tough year, but we enjoyed some wonderful times!

Will we return????

God Willing, we hope to return in 2011 and enjoy some time sailing in the BVI (British Virgin Islands)!

So Until Next Time 

Thanks for the Memories!

The Admiral and Gilligan - Signing Off
In the Land of the Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Teams!

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Heading Home Author: Bob and Donna Apr 30

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We arrived back in Sint  Maarten 10 days before we had planned.  As predicted the weather deteriorated around us. For once the weather man was right!   We were very glad to be back.    

For the next week the wind continued to blow steadily between 18 - 20 knots gusting to 25.  It was good to be at anchor in Simpson Bay even though, due to the high winds, we were boat bound for a few days and some nights were very Rocky Rolly.  We were just glad we weren’t out in the Atlantic trying to get back to Sint Maarten.

In fact the weather never did improve before we left and the last two days were not only windy but rainy too.  Luckily by that time we had  Bergy put to bed.. 

 

*Bergy Bit on a Calm Day in the Lagoon - Photo by Mirjam Z*

We discovered on our return to Sint Maarten that because of the upcoming Carnival holidays the boatyard would be closed for 10 days meaning if we kept with our original return date we would only have two days to put the boat to bed. It just was not enough time so we made the decision to haul out early, put Bergy to ‘bed’  and come home.  

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It’s was a wonderful year - maybe a little shorter than what we planned! !   

We are Thankful for the time we had and God Willing we will be back next year…

The Admiral & Gilligan

Heading for home

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