On board of Elli Di In the morning on Tuesday, the 27th of April, Anna and I went to see Fort Louis in Marigot. It’s a short but steep climb up to what’s left of this once mighty fort, completed in 1789 under St-Martin’s then-governor Jean Sebastian de Durat to protect the settlement of Marigot […]
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Marigot My understanding is that captain defines it all on the boat. Yachting sounds like a dangerous business. Lives of everyone on board depend on captain’s skills and personal qualities. Therefore, captain should be experienced, capable of making right decisions in tough situations, and well-organized. This was the minimum set that I expected from captain.
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Saint Martin I woke up in the middle of the night because water was dripping on my face. Did I forget to close the overhead porthole before the rain started? No, it was closed tightly. I felt around the porthole. The rain water seeped in from under the rubber seal strip that was supposed to
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Barbuda to Saint Martin Skipper Konstantin had a couple of friends in Saint Martin. One of them was Marina who lived there permanently on her yacht. She kept to herself and I did not have a chance to meet her, although indirectly, she became part of this story later. The other Konstantin’s friend was Pavel.
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Antigua & Barbuda The catamaran left Barbuda at 1 p.m. and we got to Saint Martin at 3 a.m. It was a long day with little to do while sailing except for watching the waves and eating. The rolling seas did not affect me this time. I could not tell if it was the lasting
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Guadeloupe to Antigua It was a quiet night at the marina. In the morning, I did what I was supposed to do the previous night – to wash the bathroom that I shared with Dmitry. The catamaran had 2 bathrooms, one on either side. The other bathroom was for the skipper Konstantin and Anna. I
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Guadeloupe The skipper Konstantin made it clear that we should leave Guadeloupe. The catamaran maneuvered between the islands to Jacques Cousteau’s Underwater Reserve. This French marine biologist made Pigeon Island famous when he declared this area one of the world best diving sites. The waters surrounding the island are now protected as an underwater park.
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Dominica to Guadeloupe Although I slept well, I felt queasy in the morning and forced myself to swallow a cup of coffee. Our catamaran was at Terre-de-Bas, one of the inhabited Guadeloupe islands. We quietly dropped anchor the night before among a few other yachts. Nobody paid attention to us. We all went swimming in
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Dominica I owe my readers an explanation of what I was doing on the catamaran. The thing was that I signed up to be a crew member to reposition her from the Caribbean to Europe. Actually, there were 2 boats in Martinique that had to be moved; both belonged to the same company owned by
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Arriving in Dominica Phone calls and message exchanges with Konstantin on the following day somewhat clarified the situation. Apparently, once the boat left Martinique she would not be allowed to return. So, Konstantin could pick us up only after he checked out of Martinique. He did ask around the fellow yachtsmen if anyone could bring
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