Wednesday, January 23, 2008






Sea Star has Splashed

Our work was completed and we were ready to go back in the water one week after our return from Canada.
During that week we restored Sea Star's anti-fouling, her hull was washed and waxed, zincs were replaced as well as the packing in the stuffing box and her bilge was cleaned.
We were not familiar with the haul-out facilities in St. Martin when we pre-booked by phone, while in Trinidad. Upon our arrival we were surprised to find that Bobby's marina had 2 locations and we had booked ourselves in to their primarily commercial yard in Philipsburg, which is just down from the cruise ship dock.
While being "on the hard" was somewhat of a hardship for us due to mosquitoes, no refrigeration etc. we were in an excellent location for shopping as we were right in the hub of Philipsburg's extensive duty-free shopping area. This was perhaps what motivated Barry to get our "land" work done so quickly and we "splashed" into Grand Bay on January 11th, 2008.
While there, as we enjoyed our Sunday morning coffee, we were surprised by the St. Martin coast guard as they chose to board and inspect us.
This was a first for us but we happily passed their inspection.

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