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Sailing St. Martin/ St. Barts #136768
07/27/2017 01:49 PM
07/27/2017 01:49 PM
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Okla
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We are thinking about chartering a small monohull out of St. Martin in the summer. Any information on the sailing? Is it about the same as the BVI? Must do stops for overnight or day? Thanks for experience and knowledge. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" />


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Re: Sailing St. Martin/ St. Barts [Re: ScurvyD] #136769
07/27/2017 03:03 PM
07/27/2017 03:03 PM
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Colorado and Sailing the World
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Sint Maarten/St. Martin sailing is totally different from the BVI's. Think big winds and much bigger waves. Mooring balls are rare so anchoring skills are necessary. The common route is sailing to Anguilla and St. Barths, along with sailing around SXM and anchoring there.

Conditions in the summer are tropical waves that bring, typically, 25-30 knot winds for a day or two before subsiding to more typical trade wind conditions. These occur every 4 days or so.

If you are comfortable sailing in more "lively" conditions then you have an idea of what sailing out of SXM will be like. Charter boats are located in Oyster Pond, on the windward side and you will have a guide to lead you out and back in, so don't worry about that (a difficult exit and entrance).

I hope this helps!

Re: Sailing St. Martin/ St. Barts [Re: ScurvyD] #136770
07/27/2017 04:30 PM
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Please check out this post, which has links to some good threads on the topic.

also check out posts by tmsxmsails, including this video

Last edited by Carol_Hill; 07/27/2017 04:33 PM.
Re: Sailing St. Martin/ St. Barts [Re: Carol_Hill] #136771
07/28/2017 11:43 AM
07/28/2017 11:43 AM
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Maria and Steve got it right. The seas can be calm like BVI or "lively." Lively meaning looking up at the wave about to break on you. Never forget first time looking over my shoulder at the dinghy bottom as we were towing it. The dinghy was riding the wave coming in behind us. Feel free to pm me if you want to start a dialogue. BVI and St. Martin are also totally different culturally.

Re: Sailing St. Martin/ St. Barts [Re: ScurvyD] #136772
07/30/2017 05:01 PM
07/30/2017 05:01 PM
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Lots of good info in the links that Carol posted (and thanks for the video plug Carol!).

Feel free to come back with specific questions after wading through all the previous posts.

One note about chartering a "small" monohull. At The Moorings at least, you probably won't find anything smaller than a 45. They used to have a 43 but they are being phased out for the 45s. I only have experience with The Moorings however so other places might have smaller boats.

Re: Sailing St. Martin/ St. Barts [Re: tmsxmsails] #136773
07/31/2017 09:29 PM
07/31/2017 09:29 PM
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Med/ Caribbean
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