Although I wasn’t able to check the internet, the feel of the waves and wind seemed right and I decided that it was time to head off to St. Martin. I opted to sail up to the North Sound of Virgin Gorda and then clear out on the next day for a night passage to the French side of St. Martin. The sail was a blast with good winds and a good angle making those constant tacks upwind unnecessary. Once anchored off Prickly Pear I did check the weather and my guess had been right – despite a 6 foot swell the winds were right and weren’t going to get any better in the next couple of days. I took the dinghy ashore and turned it upside down for some cleaning and later also cleaned some of the growth from the waterline of Zanshin. I went to Saba Rock for happy hour and witnessed the tarpon feeding for the first time, then returned to the boat for a BBQ dinner and watched my first movie on the notebook on this trip (“Skyfall”).
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