Ile Tintamarre to a Rock Near St. Barts

After a rolling night of sleeping from the minimal sheltering Tintamarre offered us and breakfast the boys did a little snorkeling. John and Bill are headed off to eventually spot sea turtles, stingray, and jellyfish before they returned. 

Steve followed by Dan, both  charged by competitive zeal and not to be outdone by Bill and John, report an octopus and shark to the list of aquatic wildlife spotted.  Actually, would you believe just an octopus?  I made up the shark.

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We drove the Gilmith out of our little harbor by 1:20 and headed about 10 miles SSE towards St. Barts. Open water to our east and 18 kt. winds gave us some nice swells to sail through.  Hardly any pleasure boats to be seen again today but we did pass this sailing Winnebago, I mean catamaran, heading back from where we came.

After Steve let me try to moor the boat (major failure I’m afraid) Steve and Dan shake off the bad memories of my sailing by beginning with some complimentary flavored rum from Dream Yachts while I curl up in the fetal position in the bilge. 

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Another view of the “Rock” looking to the southeast.  Apparently goats overran this little environment in recent past and destroyed most of the flora but after lots of goat stew, goat chops, etc. by the locals the greenery is starting to return.  While fairly barren it did offer us excellent shelter from the east winds and an excellent evening for another boat cooked meal of pork tenderloin, green beans and Mac & Cheese.  

This big fat yacht crashed our little party shortly before dinner time but our buzz remained unharshed.  I bet they even had cooks and servants to serve their meal too!  Of all the nerve!!

Steve and John do a little sail planning for tomorrow’s short sail to St. Barts where the rich and famous are awaiting for us to arrive. 

Dan leads our observance of yet another glowing sunset to end another great day.