St. Martin 1/2/17

Breakfast: scrambled eggs, bacon, bangers

Lunch: seared ahi tuna, green salad with avocado, tomatoes and red peppers. Iced coffee with Baileys.

Happy Hour: watermelon mojitos

Captain's Table Appetizers: fruit, cheeses, salmon on crackers, garlic olives, procuitto, salami,
Dinner: Shrimp Creole on noodles with cucumber and tomato salad with a tzaziki sauce.
Dessert: chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream.

We had an easy morning at Pelican Point with breakfast and reading. Victor wiped the mats down after a little rain and we enjoyed reoccurring rainbows all morning. 

Comfy in the rain.

Sandy Island was our first snorkeling stop. Bill and Victor fished along the way, catching a small fish that was released. After lunch some of us headed to Sandy Island. Some were staying on the island and some were snorkeling back to the boat from the nearby reef. As we approached in the dingy, the skies opened and we all got soaked. The snorkelers decided it was too rough and the island walkers decided it was to wet, so back to Home we headed.

This is before the rain turned us back. What optimistic people!

Our original plan to head to Pinel Island was scuttled due to the weather and the rough sailing. We sailed over to the south side of Anquilla to a calm bay called Rendevous Bay. Victor caught a very big barracuda along the way that we released. They say you can't eat barracuda from the Caribbean due to mercury poisoning. We arrived at our destination, and were socked in with rain. 

Captain Ashley bringing in Victor's barracuda.

Victor's prize.

Victor at his post.

Rick on the other side.

Some of us played Farkle to pass the time. 

Happy Hour was a huge array of special appetizers. Ashley and Emma explained the Tradewinds company in a little presentation. 

Yummy! Emma must have spent hours on this array.

After dinner we worked on getting through the "boys" stories. We heard Bill Knapp's very interesting story. Rick is saved for tomorrow night.

Bill in the Dolphin Chair