Morning and Noon
There’s little of interest to add here, I did my office work in the morning and drank my usual fill of coffee. John is still aboard, and he left me alone to my devices while I was at the keyboard.
Once work was complete, I puttered about the boat for a bit and waited for the 16:00 outbound bridge opening so that I could escape the lagoon and enjoy the clear waters on the outside. That would allow me to go swimming to cool off and to depart Sint Maarten whenever I wanted to.
I took the outbound bridge with John aboard and quickly anchored close to the sunken dry-dock. As soon as the chain started playing out, I realized that I’d made a big tactical mistake. There was a short frequency wave pattern in the anchorage that caused some serious rolling. Even the catamaran masts were moving – something that doesn’t often happen. I was too proud to enter the lagoon again on the 17:00 inbound bridge but, in retrospect, I should have!
Evening
After we returned from dinner the situation hadn’t gotten better and I looked at the movement of the masts on the far side of the anchorage to see if they were faring any better. They were moving around just as much as those on our side.
I assumed the starfish position on my bed to avoid sliding off in the swell and had a fitful night’s sleep.