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Great News Club O #156153
03/05/2018 10:25 PM
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Maine USA
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On their Face Book page it is stated: Heavy Equipment working 6 days per week to clean up. This should take 4-6 weeks. Their goal is to have some rental units by year’s end.
WAHOO!
carib cheers,
doctorj
Way to go Club O!


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156156
03/05/2018 10:49 PM
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That really Is great news.
On a somewhat related note - we leave for Curacao in the morning, and 6 - 12" of snow is forecasted for later in the day. More great news.


I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.
Re: Great News Club O [Re: Biturbo] #156159
03/05/2018 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Biturbo
That really Is great news.
On a somewhat related note - we leave for Curacao in the morning, and 6 - 12" of snow is forecasted for later in the day. More great news.


Enjoy Curacao! We had a good time there.

Hopefully the snow will hold off long enough to not interfere with your departure.


Robin & Ed

One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. - Henry Miller

Re: Great News Club O [Re: irish1223] #156394
03/08/2018 09:14 PM
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Hope you have a great time, still snowing in the frozen tundra. 16 inches plus in Southern Maine.
carib cheers,
doctorj


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156408
03/09/2018 05:00 AM
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St Maarten
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Had lunch at Chez Leandra yesterday and driving in we were amazed at the lack of debris. They have been working hard!


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: BillandElaine] #156423
03/09/2018 10:03 AM
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So Chez Leandra is still serving? What's happening with the Collectivite'? Are any of the other restaurants in that area working to open up?


Carol Hill
Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156426
03/09/2018 10:13 AM
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Didn't go down the beach at all and have no idea what's going on, as usual. There is a container further down, but didn't see any activity. I would guess near Le String. There are a few chairs/umbrellas scattered around, some red like Kon Tiki and in that area. But they have been there for awhile. Some ugly Americans off a cruise ship were giving the taxi driver a hard time because there were not enough umbrellas and chairs for them and wanted to go back to the ship. He pointed them to the others on the beach and also Club O.

Had a lovely whole snapper at Chez Leandra! Full menu not available, but they had chicken, ribs, shrimp and conch. Fries, rice and peas, salad. And a bar!


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: BillandElaine] #156429
03/09/2018 10:18 AM
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OK, thanks for the info.


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156437
03/09/2018 12:01 PM
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I know it has been said here that they had started the clean up at Club O, but was wondering if anyone had any new photos of the progress of the clean up?

Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156441
03/09/2018 12:46 PM
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Didn't have camera yesterday. May go back this weekend if the seas don't go crazy again.


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: BillandElaine] #156506
03/10/2018 02:16 PM
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Southport, North Carolina, US
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Is there parking in the Club O parking lot or is that not open?


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: candj] #156509
03/10/2018 02:49 PM
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Not in the old parking lot. But they have parking by the perch lite bldg now. They have a heavy chain they put across at night then remove the chain agian in the morning.

Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156544
03/11/2018 10:14 AM
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We'll be there in September and I was hoping that the Perch will be open and parking be available.



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Re: Great News Club O [Re: bslk] #156667
03/13/2018 08:29 AM
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Do you have to pay for the parking?


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156669
03/13/2018 08:56 AM
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Here's a 3/12 video showing Orient beach and the cleanup at Club O. Update
Progress!


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: candj] #156673
03/13/2018 09:22 AM
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Parking is still free.


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: ChuckG] #156682
03/13/2018 10:57 AM
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After seeing that video I have no desire to go to Orient this May. In the past it was always one of my go to places but it's going to take quite a while to get back to that level again especially at the rate the French side hinders recovery with the slow pace to set regulations. I'll stick to the Dutch side beaches for now.

Re: Great News Club O [Re: SXMScubaman] #156684
03/13/2018 11:48 AM
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Orient Beach itself is stunningly beautiful to me, much more beautiful than it has been for YEARS. I hope that maybe one of the big restaurants will be open before our trip in June, but even if not, I think we will go, with a cooler..


Carol Hill
Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156689
03/13/2018 12:16 PM
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Agree, we love the beach in it's current state. Did not like how busy it got and seldom went there pre Irma.


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156700
03/13/2018 01:11 PM
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I'm a people watcher and always liked the hassle and bustle on Orient in the past.

Re: Great News Club O [Re: BillandElaine] #156703
03/13/2018 01:39 PM
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Couldn't agree more. Look forward to being there end of this year.
Kind of a return to primitive.

Re: Great News Club O [Re: Carol_Hill] #156710
03/13/2018 02:47 PM
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Agree. We will go there in June. It's a beautiful beach, with or without all the beach bars. We will certainly miss the fun we always had at Aloha, however....and Nathalie.


Robin & Ed

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Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156717
03/13/2018 05:14 PM
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I see lots of blue umbrellas and chairs. Is that Chez Leandra's, or is someone else renting?


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: BeachKitten] #156718
03/13/2018 05:21 PM
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Unless things have changed, and they may well have, it is either Club Orient or Chez Leandra renting chairs. I guess there could be an enterprising "gypsy" person renting chairs/umbrellas also.


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156729
03/13/2018 07:12 PM
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C;ub O has some blue umbrellas


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: BillandElaine] #156732
03/13/2018 07:42 PM
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I think Club O collected a lot of umbrellas after Irma, I saw Yellow, Orange Green and Blue :-)

Re: Great News Club O [Re: ChuckG] #156751
03/13/2018 10:23 PM
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Did the video link from 3/12 go away?

Re: Great News Club O [Re: magpie] #156758
03/14/2018 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by magpie
Did the video link from 3/12 go away?

NO, scroll back a few posts and ChuckG has a link in his post. There is also another link in a locked (duplicate) thread for the video.

You can also find it HERE VIDEO LINK


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: ruralcarrier] #156769
03/14/2018 10:31 AM
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Thank You! Not great, but a little better.

Re: Great News Club O [Re: doctorj] #156962
03/17/2018 08:08 AM
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Update from Club O on Facebook.


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Re: Great News Club O [Re: ChiTownHarry] #156968
03/17/2018 09:25 AM
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Link to FB got a blank page...maybe this will work

Club Orient

Re: Great News Club O [Re: boucharda] #156969
03/17/2018 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by boucharda
Link to FB got a blank page...maybe this will work

Club Orient



"Collectivite and Club Orient negotiated to secure property adjacent to the current property to help insure that even with another storm they will be in a more secure environment?"

I am confused...

Re: Great News Club O [Re: sxmmartini] #156971
03/17/2018 09:48 AM
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I wonder if that is part of the deal about requiring some kind of a disaster shelter? There was some talk about building a several story building, back from the beach toward the salt pond.


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