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Leaving Great Bay Harbor in Philipsburg. First job is to put the mainsail up,...
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Sail's up, and away we go !
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Sailing out of Great Bay, we can see the resort we stay at in June,...
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The captain and first mate who will take us around the island during...
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After an hour of sailing up the east coast, we arrived at Tintemarre Island.
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Getting the snorkel equipment ready for our first stop at Tintemarre Island.
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Dropping the anchor. During World War II, a German submarine base was...
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Pat was first into the water, but wasn't alone for very long.
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Most of the 30 folks on board jumped in to swim to shore or do a bit of...
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These are sergeant majors, very aggressive little fish that literally...
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Safety first. Only after the snorkeling was the bar open for more than soft...
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An hour later, we left Tintemarre and headed around the top of St....
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We headed around the northern tip of St.Martin, on the way to our...
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Some of the younger crowd (as well as the two of us) hung out up front.
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We tried a bit of fishing, and caught (then released) a 30 inch barracuda....
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Our catamaran sitting in the Grand Case bay as we had our lunch on shore.
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A few in our group swam to the shore. Some of those little buildings...
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There's our restaurant, the little brown area on the left side of that...
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The two key guys at our restaurant , Alex & Emmanuel. That black...
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Lunch is over, so back to our catamaran to continue our sail.
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This time it's the ladies' turn to hoist the sails.
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The front netting is a very comfortable spot to sit when sailing on a catamaran.
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A sudden squall came up, and our captain succeeded in sailing around...
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The sun came out again as we approached La Sammana, the most expensive and...
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Here's our last stop, and a chance to cool off in the water before...
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A bit of dancing before leaving La Sammana. And the dancing continued all the...
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By the way, it wasn't just adults who enjoyed the trip.
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Now we're back on the Dutch side of St. Maarten approaching the...
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There's a big one coming in... Air France bringing several hundred...
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Another safe landing, coming in low over one of the island's 36 beaches.
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Another big timeshare going up. That's Caravansarai, being built...
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Passing some homes and condos on Pelican Cay. We're staying over...
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And the dancing continues as we sail toward our berth at Great Bay.
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This is one of the best ways of seeing this very interesting island,...
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