No, this isn't our boat... This is the 163-foot charter yacht, Perseus...
(Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections)
Does anyone know what flag that is? I do, but it's not a very common sight around these parts.
(Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections)
With a beam of almost 34 feet (the length of OUR sailboat!) they had plenty of room to get through the bridge. Hey, that means we can go through sideways, if need be :)
Anyway, the purpose of this post is to show that we, Sheila & Bob of Paradise Connections Yacht Charters, live aboard our boat and we live among the charter yachts and see them on a daily basis... not just at a charter yacht show once or twice a year when the boats are all prettied up for showing off to the brokers. We're in touch with the coconut telegraph. We pass by the boats when we dinghy through the harbors, see crew shopping, in restaurants, and just around town...
A few weeks ago, a charter yacht made a special trip to St. Maarten just to meet us and have us aboard for a visit. Tomorrow, we are going to visit a yacht that wants to enter the charter fleet and would like our advice. Next week, the catamaran Alidade is going to stop by St. Martin for a special visit to see us as we have not met the new crew. How cool is that?
Here are examples of a few of the charter yachts that have been around us recently in St. Martin / St. Maarten... Click on photo to enlarge image and click on yacht's name for online brochure.
 SAFARI (Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections) |  CALIOPE OF ARNE (Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections) |
 COCONUT (Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections) |  FEARLESS (Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections) |
 Our cat,WILLOW, looking at their cat, WONDERFUL (Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections) |  WONDERFUL (Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections) |
 STAD AMSTERDAM (Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections) |  MATAU (Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections) Just took this fuzzy photo. Sorry, but some jetskis just went by and rocked our boat :) |
DAVE & MARCI of GODIVA
(Photo ©2009 - Paradise Connections)
Pirate Party in St. Thomas, USVI
We were sad when we heard Godiva announce on the St. Maarten's Morning VHF Cruisers' Net that they were leaving on the afternoon's bridge opening. Godiva has left the charter fleet and is now sailing back towards Florida. We'll miss them, as we had three charters with Dave & Marci during their short winter season.
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