The mac-daddy of St. Maarten

As taken from our 10 foot inflatable dinghy...

Steve Jobs may be gone, but his gadgets large and small are everywhere. His largest, the motor yacht "Venus" is here in St. Maarten. It actually looks like a condo building on its side........sleek, lots of glass.......modern lines. At 100 million euros (a bit cheaper lately with the exchange rate) this boat is around $380 thousand per foot. Not much of a bargain hunter, this tycoon. He could have had LORIENT for just $7500 per foot.

The bigger insight is that someone's boat is always bigger. Much bigger, as you approach Antigua, St, Barth's, and St, Martin. The difficult thing is figuring out who is with each boat. Cruisers look the same........blood and grease on your shorts, hair a mess, and they arrive in dinghies that are definitely  not "rental".

The game at the dockside bar is to gather info without giving any up, Kirstin and I think we are clever at this but who knows if across the years a celeb slipped by us. "Hi I'm Steve J and I made a few bucks in computers".

View from Marigot across to Simpson Bay, St. Maarten