The Bridge video! La video de notre passage du pont!

I promised it in my previous post, here it is, the video of TM going through the Simpson Bay bridge in St Martin. The way in was filmed by Edouard from the top of the mast, the way out was filmed by me from the bow. Click on the link to see it:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TvxoLd4XTw

The passage from St Martin to St Lucia was fast and windy - it took us exactly 36 hours, almost all of it being upwind sailing. We had all sails out most of the time and pushed the boat pretty hard, but she behaved beautifully and we had a great sail despite a few inconveniences that always come with upwind sailing - since we were on a port tack and heeled over a good bit, opening the fridge meant receiving half of its content on your feet...

Sailing past St Kitts. St Christopher et son volcan.

Arriving in St Lucia. Arrivee a Ste Lucie.

Je vous l'avais promis, la voici : la video de notre passage du pont a St Martin. L'entree a ete filmee depuis le haut du mat par Edouard, et la sortie par moi-meme depuis la proue. Cliquez sur le lien dans le texte en anglais pour la voir !

Le convoyage depuis St Martin a ete rapide : 36 heures exactement de navigation au pres, toutes voiles dehors presque tout le temps. Une belle traversee, malgre les quelques inconvenients habituels de la navigation a voile (le frigo deversant la moitie de son contenu sur mes pieds a chaque tentative d'ouverture...).

Marigot Bay, St Lucia

Arriving in St Lucia was a real pleasure, and we have received a very warm welcome at the marina. Of course I could mention the bottle of local rum included in the welcome package, but mostly I am thinking of the general atmosphere here. Everyone is friendly, helpful, and always has time to give us a ride somewhere or just have a nice chat. As customers of the marina, we have access to all of the resort facilities, which includes a gym and two beautiful pools. If we have time before the charter we might take the free ferry across the bay and have dinner on the tree tops in one of the 10 best restaurants in the Caribbean... It is going to be our 1 year anniversary very soon after all!

Pool... and pool bar! La piscine... et son bar !

L'arrivee a Ste Lucie a ete un vrai bonheur, et nous avons ete accueilli chaleureusement a la marina. En plus de la bouteille de rhum local offerte comme cadeau de bienvenue, tout le monde est souriant et toujours pret a donner un coup de main, a nous deposer quelque part ou simplement a prendre le temps de discuter tranquillement. En tant que clients de la marina, nous avons acces a tous les equipements de l'hotel, en particulier le gymnase et les deux superbes piscines. Si nous avons le temps avant le debut du charter, nous traversons peut-etre la baie pour aller diner au sommet des arbres dans un des dix meilleurs restaurants des Caraibes... N'oublions pas que nous allons tres bientot celebrer notre premiere annee de travail ensemble !