What is it about arms?? We arrived back to Antigua, and this time it was Eddy who has broken his arm (Jimmy had hurt his arm when we returned to the boat in Trinidad, and Charlotte broke her arm when we returned to the boat last year).
We were soon settled back on the boat, pleased to be back in the warm weather - we will never complain that its too hot again! We were now flying an Australian flag, having sold the boat to an Australian just before Christmas. Being a less common flag than the US flag, we are now often approached by Aussies, keen to bump into someone from their homeland! A New Yorker, Londoner and Floridian, from Bermuda is not quite what they are expecting!!
A few days in Jolly Harbour, getting sorted, and then on 21st January we headed to St Martin. One of the few, more downwind sails, heading NW. The 10-15 knot NE forecast started off very light (looked like it would be a motor job) and ended up at 25knots from the SE - the forecasts are often quite reliable in the unreliability of them!! We left at 8.30am (never quite managed the planned 5am start!). When darkness fell we were just passing St Barths, and arrived into Simpson Bay, St Martin at about 8.30pm - made good time with a 12 hour sail.
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