MARIGOT: Hurricane Hole

I took this photo from the top of a mast on a boat moored in the 'Pond', back into the little bubble where I was tied to the mangroves with 12 other boats on the Caribbean island of Marigot.

It was a very mixed group. There were a couple from Washington State, another couple from Brazil, and two local sail boats with their masts down on deck with very friendly Dutch couples. There was a German (Steffen, my buddy), a guy from New Zealand, a French guy, and Pips from England.

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I also met some great locals I sometimes hung out with. Sinbad was a racing motorcycle specialist and tunes all the best drag bikes. They race every Sunday morning on the highway crossing the Dutch / French border. The cops just watch.

The summer here was very calm and hot. Most of the boats and tourists are gone but the ones that have stayed are all adventuresome. They have at least one hurricane hit each year and the two Dutch boats in our little pond have been through six with two being in the category #5 storms coming out of them with no damage in this "Hurricane Hole".

If I don't get out of the Caribbean this summer into the Pacific, then I will hang out here and visit St. Barts in early November for the 60th birthday celebration at 'Le Select' and visit some other Carib islands before heading back over to the MED in May.

Mike Harker
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