Due to jet lag the ladies were up early and we all experienced a sunrise – they were correct in noting that I had lots of sunset pictures but no sunrise ones and I’ve added one of those to this page for that reason. After lounging around a bit we headed ashore for some shopping and a bit of breakfast and I wanted to catch the 11am bridge opening to get out of the lagoon, but the crew of Pinta came by and told me that the French radio was recommending not going outside due to confused seas so we opted to stay put for another day and took the dinghy to the St. Martin Yacht Club in order to watch the big boats depart.
The first, and biggest, boat in the procession was Candyscape II and she was a pretty sight to behold, clean and sparkling and with crew members in immaculate dress standing at attention at their designated positions. Unfortunately her passage through the narrow opening wasn’t quite as impressive. The tide was going out so there was a strong current going through the bridge and the wind was from aft as well and she went through the bridge slowly but after getting halfway the stern starboard broke out and I could see how the whole boat changed direction as she hit side of the bridge. We all felt sorry for the captain, even more so when we saw the chunks of concrete broken off the bridge and the flotsam and jetsam floating in Candyscape II‘s wake.
On a positive note, I am now part-owner of a super mega yacht, as evidenced by one of the pictures below!
After the excitement of the bridge opening we dinghied around the lagoon for a bit, had an excellent lunch at Lagoonie’s and returned to the boat so that the ladies could catch up on their time in the sun. I did some chores and finally sharpened my knives and razor blades, a time-consuming task that I’d put off far too long. By the time this was finished (along with two bottles of sparkling wine amongst us) we were ready to head back to Lagoonie’s for some food and drink and to see what the open mic night would bring.
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