I needed to clear into St. Martin and didn’t want to go to Marigot, so I was going to try Anse Marcel. It was just a bit too far for the dinghy, so I took the mother ship around the corner and anchored off the beach, taking the dinghy in through the narrow channel. As I was tying up at the Capitainerie the dock master came out and we spoke for a little bit and he informed me that I couldn’t clear in from St. Barths despite my having cleared out of there; both islands are France and he said it was not necessary – although I felt odd about, he is in a position to know so I returned to Zanshin and then went back around Creole Rock into Grand Case and anchored there. My depth sounder read 3 feet and I dove on the boat, seeing that this was in actually over 6 feet of water under the keel (I did this by standing underneath the keel and raising my hand up to guesstimate the clearance. I then adjusted the depth sounder, which took me a while because I found the user interface a bit confusing and I kept on getting very strange readings. It turns out that the settings are mutually exclusive and when I changed one value the others were zeroed out. In the end I got the system adjusted to my satisfaction.
I headed ashore for dinner but after walking up and down the street I realized I didn’t want a fine meal without company so I grabbed some ribs at one of the LoLos before returning to my book aboard the boat.
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