ep61 Sailing St. Maarten Sailing St. Martin Hallberg Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay Jan Feb 2019

Sailing to the joint DutchFrench island of St. Maarten (St. Martin) where we stayed for 1 month, doing maintenance, attending a multihull regatta, exploring and trying kitefoiling. After our short stay in St. Barts, s, v Cloudy Bay (HallbergRassy 54) set sail to St. Maarten. First anchoring in Simpson Bay then moving into the inner lagoon for perfect shelter, easy access to shore and all the marine services that St. Maarten is famous for. While Oana took a 3week break and flew back home to visit family, Glen did a lot of maintenance, including fixing the vang and gooseneck at FKG Rigging, having the fridges vacuumed, canvas work, adding stowage to the bilge and lots more. In between jobs there was some exciting racing on a 60ft Rapido trimaran in the St. Maarten multihull regatta. Later, taking Cloudy for a test sail, we passed several famous super yachts: The A, Obramavichs Eclipse, David Gettas Rising Sun and Steve Jobs Venus. Cloudy Bay was then reanchored on the French side of the island in Mari