Ep.38. CORONAVIRUS, haulout, and SHIPWRECK!

Sick with flu or Coronavirus? Probably the flu that I caught on a flight from Montreal to Guadeloupe, as the Doctor in St Martin pronounced. I self-isolated during the sail from Guadeloupe to St. Martin, and then stayed alone in an apartment while Pierre took care of BioTrek on the hard where it was hauled out in Philipsburg, St. Marteen. Time for new bottom paint after over 6000 nm! Once Biotrek was in the water again, we sailed to an isolated anchorage in St. Martin near Caye Verte in Orient Bay and did not go ashore to enjoy restaurants, but relaxed on board. We took the paddle board to the deserted Caye Verte to investigate the masts that we could see from our anchorage. We found a fairly intact, grounded sailboat. Curious, it did not appear to have a hole in the hull. Does anyone know anything about this boat? We did not go aboard to look inside. After 2 weeks in St. Martin and with haul-out complete, we made a decision to get to the Bahamas to wait out the Coronavirus pandemic, in case boarders started closing in the Caribbean, as was happening in Europe. We checked out of St. Martin at immigration at Marigot Bay,, and headed to Puerto Rico. Our trip to Puerto Rico will be shown in the next episode. Produced with CyberLink PowerDirector 17. Music from Epidemic Sound A Bitter Love by Sven Karlsson (Intro music) Pan O Drama by Lenzer In pursuit of Happiness by Gavin Luke (Piano music) You set my world on fire by Loving Caliberquickly