Exploring St. Maarten

March 28, 2011

We explored by dinghy today. We went from Marigot Bay through a small canal under a bridge into Simpson Bay Lagoon. First we explored the area near Marigot Bay and then went over to the Dutch side via Dinghy. Many boats were moored and/ or anchored in the Lagoon. Many BIG yachts were there. We went by the bridge they have to access to get inside

and it is not that wide! It must be a very tight fit for some of these huge boats.

They have many apartments or condos on the Simpson side with docks for boats in front of them. Only smaller boats will fit in these, but it is convenient. We did not see many dinghy docks to use but there did seem to be many different marinas, some with regular docks and some with just moorings.

We went to the largest Budget Marine on the island at Simpson Bay for some supplies. Then we went to eat at Skip Jacks which did have a dinghy dock. It

is a very nice seafood restaurant very nicely decorated inside. They had Caribbean as well as Maine lobsters. See the pictures of the very spiny Caribbean lobsters. I wasn't willing to try to eat one at lunch though. Charlie had fresh mahi-mahi.

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The weather has been beautiful here. Clear sunny days with good breezes. The temperature is in the low 80's in the middle of the day, but cools off at night. We sometimes have scattered showers overnight.