Yep, Mike and Sue on Infini are now Shellbacks. The boat’s been there before but never with them. They’ve crossed the Equator and are now in the Galapogos. If you want to read about their trip they posted every day, I believe, and you can begin here.
As for us we’ve moved out of Simpson Bay and the Miami of St. Martin. We bought a little 2 hp for our rowing
Crepe' Hunt
dinghy. As W/ liked to say it wasn’t easy rowing my Lard A___ in! She rowed to keep the dinghy balanced better which allowed us to avoid shipping any water aboard. I did buy a spare set of oar locks but haven’t
installed them yet. We’ve been enjoying some new and different culture (not the canned culture of the VI’s). I’ve looked for the perfect crepe, we’ve tried to learn some French and we’ve been back and forth between two countries (Dutch and French) every other day. Fortunately, if you only take your person and dinghy you can freely move from one to the other here as long as you’ve properly cleared in.
We spent en expensive evening with some soon to be new cruisers (Jan and Darwin on Family Affair) eating a
Carnival in St. Martin
Valentine’s dinner on the French side. There too we saw the tail end of the Carnival Parade. We’ve met more cruisers here in 1 week then in 2 months in the VI’s. One neat couple (Will and Ann on Como No)that anchored next to us are just about to complete their 13 year circumnav and we were lucky enough to trade charts (and books) with them. They’re heading towards Texas and we’re heading S yet.
Lobsters Soon Gone
We’re currently in Grand Case, basically a tourist hotspot with more restaurants then people (see all the live - soon not to be - lobsters). A couple of grocery stores and a beautiful beach. We didn’t think the guy pulling the dinghy full of tourists off the beach would make it but sure enough a little larger swell rolled in and he was
Will it Move?
able to haul their; as W/ call it Lard A____s off 
) It’s nice moving the boat and being somewhere else but there is a little swell running here. Still it’s ok. As Dirk say’s on Lison Life “we like sissy anchorages” and he’s entirely correct. Today we’re thinking of going to Oriental Beach (on the other side of the top of the island) and then I’ll take the bus in to check out for Antigua. We’ll see. The wind piped up last night and remember: We’re sissies.
Fair Winds