St. Maarten to Woods Hole 2011

On June 3, 2011, Bob Morris (Captain/Owner), Roger Merrill and David Isenberg set sail from St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, in Apogee, a Valiant 40, for Woods Hole, Massachusetts, about 1400 nautical miles. The weather was so calm and we motored so much that we called in Hamilton, Bermuda for about 12 hours on June 12 to refuel and reprovision. After Bermuda, the wind velocity improved, and despite about 36 hours of northerlies, we cleared customs in Fairhaven and arrived in Woods Hole on June 18, sailing into the Eel Pond on the 8:30 PM bridge opening.

Apogee, whose home port is Woods Hole, had been gone for just over four years. It had visited Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, the Canaries, the Azores, Barbados and several windward and leward islands before arriving in St. Maarten.

These photos, except for #73 and #74, are by David S. Isenberg.
They are creative commons licensed (attribution, non-commerial).
Photos #73 and #74 are by Nick Newman and belong to him.

St. Maarten Shipyard
	Roger Merrill & Bob Morris
David Isenberg & Bob Morris	Harry's Restaurant
The Lagoon



St. Maarten YC
	Bridge fits Catamaran
St. Maarten astern, June 3, 2011	St. Maarten Airport (SXM)
The Tropics
	Sunrise, Day 2
Sunrise, Day 3	Did I mention the severe calm conditions?

Sunset, Day 3
Dolphins, Day 7, near Bermuda
Hamilton, Bermuda, Customs Quay, Day 8
Wi-Fi available here
	Knorr, also of Woods Hole, in Hamilton
	in Hamilton Harbor
at fuel dock in Hamilton Harbor	in Hamilton Harbor
	Leaving Hamilton, Day 8
Sunset, Day 10
	Finally some wind, but right on the nose, Day 10

Sunrise, Day 11

	Crew sits for portrait
Tanker in Gulf Stream, Day 12


Not the tropics anymore, Day 12

	Port berth with lee cloth
Starboard berth with lee cloth.	Approaching America, Day 15
Fairhaven, Day 15	Our shore team leader, Marvin Gordon, aka The Captain
Apogee arrives Woods Hole, Day 15 (photo byNick Newman)	The 8:30 PM bridge (photo byNick Newman)
Knorr, also from Woods Hole, also back in Woods Hole
Welcoming committee, faces carefully retouched.	Mike McManus, Bob Morris, Ben Morris, Jack Towle and Bill Cook