Hasse and Anders from Midnight Sun took their dinghy into the marina and saw the damage the swell had caused. The restaurants were flooded and everything was a mess. So, after a few hours outside Gustavia on St Barts we came to the conclusion that we would be better off going straight to St Martin instead. We decided to go to Simpsons Bay, on the Dutch side. There are mostly yachts here and some of them are truly amazing. We daily see super yachts with both Jacuzzi and helicopters on deck. The boats, owned by ridiculously rich people, have a crew of about 10-15 people on board. Their job is to keep the yacht spotless and sparkling clean and also make sure that the people on board are satisfied on their vacation. It is a bit different from the sailing world. Apparently it is in the yacht business you’ll find the money…

New Years Eve! In the day we went for a long walk trying to find a nice restaurant to make dinner reservations. Sadly, most restaurants were fully booked and couldn’t fit a company of 8 people. We ended up on a restaurant close to our dock. It wasn’t fancy but seemed nice. However, it turned out to be a bit of a disappointment since the service was very poor and the food pretty blend. Our next stop was a bar with live music, were we celebrated with champagne at midnight. In search for more party and action we went to yet another bar, “The Red Piano”. We stayed there until we retreated back to the boats early in the morning.

Hope you’re New year celebrations was good, miss you loads! 

Today when Malin and Elina went to do some more provisioning they barely meet anyone. Everything was closed and people were sleeping, or hiding away from the sun. This is a very calm and quiet day on St Martin…

We have a new food system on the boat. Since Malin and Elina are poor students and wish to continue sailing after we reach Florida, they don’t have the economy to eat out every night. So, we have come up with a schedule. The girls cook dinner for six nights and Ove and Bengt buy them dinner the seventh.  So far this is working very well and they seem to enjoy the food. Atleast we haven’t got any complaints yet…

Elina and Malins specialties:

Pasta and tomato sauce

Korvstroganoff

Soup and pancakes

Tacos

Pasta Carbonara

Mushroom and bacon pasta

Chili con carne

Frutti di mare Pasta

Chicken curry with rice

Onion omelet with spam

(A special thank to Bernard for doing the provisioning for the crossing, we are still eating Tulip ham and the onions you bought in Las Palmas!)

You are more than welcome to send us more good recipes! We are running out of ideas…

Our next stop will probably be Virgin Island where we hope to find an electronic chart for Bahamas and south of Florida and American Visas.

But you never know, we might end up somewhere else, sailing is a flexible lifestyle. J

That’s all for now!

Elina and Malin taking a nap in the ocean



Midnight Sun, our Swedish friends




Bengt is getting a haircut from our Dutch neighbour.




Xavante from above, New years eve!



New Years Eve dinner




Bengt is a happy sailor!




Midnight! Fireworks and champange. Bengt looks really drunk, but he is actually just reaching for another glass...





Malin, Hasse and Elina! Blonds have more fun! For sure!