A mere 15 mile cruise, on a nice day lands us in the waters of St. Barthelemy. We make our first stop at Île Fourchue, just off the north east of the main island, and rendezvous with Spirare and Shadowfax. A very nice little anchorage, they actually have free mooring balls to protect the seabed, by a beautiful rocky island. The water is clear, and snorkeling is okay, although there is not a lot of coral. We end up staying two nights, and spending each evening hanging out with our friends. The second day everyone, but me, heads to shore in the afternoon to hike around the island. I have the sewing machine out, making flags, and too far into the project to stop.
We say our goodbye’s to Shadowfax, we will probably meet up again in Guadeloupe or later, and head down to Gustavia for the afternoon. There we check in and out with custom, see the town, buy some groceries and get ready for another overnight sail to Antigua. Spirare calls as they get near, we pull up anchor and head to sea with them.
