We awoke to slight movement as we were headed to St. Martin, with the goal being to anchor in Marigot. Surprisingly the seas were pretty calm. We were allowed on the bridge to check out the ships operations. It is really impressive and I am sorry that I did not take any picture of the various radars. We were accompanied by DisneyJen and her DH. DJ was most impressed with all of the weather radars.
As we arrived we noticed SD1 tied up to the industrial dock An Azmara ship was anchored further out than we were and had established a tender service. Our anchorage was a bit rocky, but not unbearable, at least until late in the day. After breakfast FT and I headed into Marigot, a port we had missed twice before. I was thoroughly unimpressed. I kept hearing of quaint French villages, but found it to be very run down. We went to what are supposed to be all of the good areas, and while there were some upscale shop around, most of the town is very unpleasant. I prefer Phillipsburg.
The days swimming off the water sports platform was canceled due to rough seas. Our happy little group found way to amuse ourselves. One of our favorite pastimes was gathering in the Office and on the Bali Beds. We finally got FT to join us and we watch the rails rock up and down as we rolled with the swells.
In the evening Disney Jen and her DH hosted a cocktail party in their suite for our merry group. Written invitations, courtesy of SD arrived and we were escorted by Jinky to their suite. It was a long trip for us, one step across the passageway. So we joined the usual group for cocktails and then dinner al fresco on Deck 4 aft along with two new couple we met on board and who are CC lurkers. One couple had been invited to dine with at the Captain’s Table on Thursday but opted to join us instead.
Around 6:00 p.m. the captain raised anchors, which was not like him at all, as we usually ate in a calm location. He had decided that it was too rough so found us a clam anchorage to enjoy dinner and drinks. Unfortunately this prevented him from join us on time for cocktails. Peter brought some wonderful canapés as Zoltan checked in on our bar needs.
The invitations to the cocktail party said that we should wait for an escort to event. Remember that we were directly across the hall from DisneyJen and her DH and the jbcjtc’ers were diagonally across the hall from them. The Sistahs and the Professah were just a few doors away on deck 2. FT was visiting DJ and had to return home to be escorted back to the gala event. We all, including Jinky our wonderful stewardess, laughed about the process!
Surprisingly as we were gathering and enjoying the moment the phone rang. It was Capt. T calling to say that he was sorry he was late and that he would join us shortly. As DJ’s DH commented to our group … “Only on SD does one receive such personal attention.” CAD Mary stopped by to give us a personal overview of the activities for the next day. Earlier in the day we had invited her to join us for dinner and she accepted, and we dined al fresco on deck 4 aft.
After a lovely dinner we made the usual evening stops at the Top of the Yacht and the piano bar, and then retired for what we expected to be a rolling ride back to the BVI. In fact the ride was much smoother than I expected.
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