Saturday 6 April 2019

Annnnnnd...........back to sant maarten

Last Saturday we sailed away aboard the Star Flyer (shown below, dwarfed by other cruise ships) headed for Spain. The wind was blowing against us so we used the engine.  Unfortunately, 3 days out, something on the drive shaft broke.  After bobbing around for a bit, the engineers decided that they couldn't fix the problem at sea and, therefore, we had to hoist full sail and return to sant Maarten. So now, a week after leaving, we're back where we started! The Royal Clipper (the ship we came out to the Caribbean on) has been diverted to pick us up and take us to Portugal. Still, on the upside, we get an extra 2 days in the Caribbean. Everybody is in


good spirits and most people have chosen to switch over to the clipper (they could have had a flight home instead). Worse things happen at sea!

3 comments:

  1. Wow - so did you get to do pure sailing / no engine all the way back?! Hope you enjoy your extended journey, and so glad your saw a whale!!

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  2. Whoa - what a drama! And lucky it happened within a few days' sail from St Maarten, rather than way out in the middle of the blue! Phew! Great everyone's stuck to the boat option! What an adventure!

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  3. The wind obviously didn’t want you to leave yet.

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