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Charlotte Airport (11/07/08)   Arrival in St Maarten   Sunset Beach   Capt Olivers   Oyster Pond (11/8)   Provisioning the boat   The good ship Ora   Grand Case   St Barth’s (11/10)   St Kitts Race (11/11)   Statia Pursuit Race (11/12)   Statia Up and Down Races (11/13)

We are renting the Ora, which I’m told the team had last year. They are already familiar with it, which is cool. We drove into town on the Dutch side and bought provisions at the Grande Marche. I hear Presidente, the sponsor is hooking us up with cerveza.

Some of us are going to either the beach or the hotel pool for the afternoon. Then we’ll find a nice dinner somewhere close.

I’m uploading occasional pics to Facebook. Connect with me if you want to see.

Most of us are meeting up on a layover in Charlotte. I had to get up at 5:15 to make a 7:10 flight from National. I am not a morning person, but I got the ticket for free with miles.

The blue dots show where the races begin and end.  In this map, Florida is to the top left, Cuba is to the left, Haiti and Puerto Rico are in the middle, and South America is below.

For more details on the races, see this page.

So my dad called to see where we would be in relation to TS Paloma.  I marked up this map with a big red arrow.

Nothing to worry about!