Showing posts with label St Martin Bermuda sailing passage St George's Harbour trip arrival Event Horizon web cam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St Martin Bermuda sailing passage St George's Harbour trip arrival Event Horizon web cam. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

St Martin to Bermuda – Arrival

Day 6 of our passage consisted of only ten hours and a total of 65nm by way of sail and engine power. We arrived in St George’s Harbour under a cloudy sky and wearing fleece.

Since the winter of 2005, each time I arrive in Bermuda I get an odd yet nice feeling, like one gets when you visit some place that holds a special memory. Upon reaching the Customs dock we were welcomed in a distinctive accent and an extra friendly manner, both so wonderfully Bermudian. After our paperwork was complete we anchored in the main Convict Bay anchorage area – you can probably see us on the web cam. We decided to leave the fenders and warps on until this morning just in case we got a visit from the police, customs or sniffer dogs like last year, but so far no visitors.

We enjoyed a nice motionless dinner at the dining table and celebrated with a bottle of Stags’ Leap Winery (2000) Napa Valley Petite Syrah, for years one of my favorite wines. Better still was 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

Total passage: 5 ½ days and 884 nautical miles.