5/14 - Our original plan had been to go from St. Kitts to Antigua then Sainte Maarten but we were running out of time so we scratched Antigua off our itinerary and headed directly for Phillipsburg on the Dutch side of Sainte Maarten.
The passage was uneventful except for a couple of minor showers and we made good time. You can check out a video here.
Both the Dutch and French sides of the island are duty free ports and Phillipsburg is teaming with shops. There are probably more jewelry shops on the main bayside drag than there are in all of North Carolina. When we arrived the merchants were six deep waiting for customers that were few and far between. That all changed the next morning when the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Allure of the Seas, disgorged its horde.
We spent one evening at anchor in the harbor and had a delicious meal at The Greenhouse on the waterfront.
June and I spent a week on the island back in 1978 compliments of Fruehauf"s President's Club. I still find it too much commerce and not enough paradise.
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