St. Martin 1/1/17

Breakfast: fruit, cheeses, croissants, hard boiled eggs. Delicious

Lunch: Tradewinds curry chicken salad, avocado, red and yellow pepper salad with fresh bread

Happy Hour: Painkillers

Dinner: pork tenderloin with mustard maple marinade, bananas flambé 

The famous Tradewinds Chicken Curry Salad

Ashley briefed us on the day's journey. We are heading to Anquilla and to several beaches.

Map of our voyage from St Martin to Anguilla and then to St Bart's

Sailing in the dolphin chair was awesome. The water came flowing up the hull and looked like a fountain. I loved sitting in the dolphin chair for the sailing to Anguilla. So relaxing to watch the sky, clouds and swells. 

We sailed past beautiful Meads Bay with pure, soft white sand and turquoise waters where the Four Seasons hotel overlooked the bay.

Life of the Rich and Famous!

We dingied in to Crocus Bay where we walked the beach looking for an ankle bracelet for Velvet, who forgot to bring any. No jewelry stores on the east side of Road Beach.

Captain Ashley

A cute beach bar on Road Beach.

We headed to Elvis Beach Bar on the west end where we met Brett, the co-owner. Brett is an American who lived in Breckenridge, came to Anquilla on vacation and decided that "it is easier to get sand out of your ear than shovel the snow". He and an Anquillan named Elvis bought a $200 boat and made it into a beach bar. We had a fun time talking with Brett and the gal working behind the bar. Sandy and I wanted to buy her tee shirt-gemstone Elvis Beach Bar. No deal.

Brett the owner

She would not sell us her blingy Elvis Beach Bar shirt.

Hilarious sign during Election time - www.Do-D-Rum.com!

Brett in his bar.

Elvis' Beach Bar on Road Beach

Ashley came to get us in the dingy. We snorkeled in Pelican Point. I went with Sandy and Victor. We saw: squirrel fish, trumpet fish, parrot fish, sergeant major, butterfly fish, French grunt, turquoise/yellow fish, a periwinkle colored  fish. Jim saw a lion fish - the predator of the oceans and an eagleray. Lots of sea fans and brain coral. There were many huge sea urchins in the rocks.

Happy Hour included our favorite Caribbean cocktail - Painkillers!  After dinner we let the boys tell their stories. Surprisingly, they took much more time than the ladies. Interesting stories. Most of us are in the same age bracket, which is kind of unusual. Later, we had some dancing to ABBA and other 80's hits complements of Tom, followed by stargazing on the flybridge.

Pat, Ruth and Rick at Happy Hour.

How pretty is this sunset?