ep60 - Sailing St.Barthélemy - Sailing St. Barts - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Jan 2019

Sailing to St. Barts, the St. Tropez of the Caribbean. Exploring the beaches, nightlife and the exotic town.
With an unfavorable forecast, s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) departed St. Eustatius earlier than anticipated and motored the short distance NNE to the French island of St. Barts. We anchored in the crowded bay outside Gustavia port, surrounded by an interesting mixture of semi abandoned boats and super yachts.
Having explored the historic town with all its classy shopping, we took a hire car and set off around the island. First observing aircraft doing their tricky landing on the infamous down-slope St. Barts runway, then heading to the many beaches and resorts around the island.
We visited Anse de Flamands, Cheval Blanc resort, Anse de Cayes, Baie de St.Jean, Anse de Lorient, watch surfers off the Christopher Hotel, Anse de Grand Cul de Sac and its wonderful Le Barthelemy Hotel, Anse de Saline and Plage Gouverneur.
On the last day, we departed the rolly conditions off Gustavia and moved north into Anse de Colombier, a beautifully secluded bay only reachable by boat or on foot. On its southern side lies the abandoned beach house built and once owned by the Rothchild family.
21-28 January 2019

[@SailCloudyBay]

Please note: This episode is from our 2019 Caribbean season, catching up from where we left off editing that year. We apologise for the quality. Editing this past footage made us realise how our filming has improved over the last 2 years! There will be several more to come over the next few weeks, as we steadily cruise west from the Leewards to the Greater Antilles. Remember life before Covid? Wasn’t it wonderful!

[@svamandolin3546]

I will take it!! thanks. I never get tired of the blue water. I am taking my boat down there next year for sure. Bermuda to Virgin Islands, back up.

[@Mr.Alia63]

Hi Glenn exactly life was wonderful before Covid and your videos reminding us of how wonderful that life was but the best is yet to come I am sure 👍🌹

[@celticspike7]

being Rich doesn't always refer to actual money, You two are very Rich (upmarket). many times having money just means that you have money. thx for vids!

[@perksy67]

Thanks. Love your montages. The signature Cloudy Bay music takes me away.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you like the music David. More in the next videos .... or wherever we have drone shots

[@mariagiacobone4468]

Ohhh! So great to have you back! You are our favourite sailing channel. Thank you!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Wow, thank you, Maria. Glad to hear :)

[@dreadnoughtb3364]

Great bar scene with lots of people nice to see. That last line about quarantine was indeed eerie. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@SailCloudyBay]

Yes, Life-Before-Covid seems along time ago eh?

[@mosca3289]

So nice to see even older footage . This like taking me back to my old Friday routine 👍

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad to hear that! There should be a few Friday's worth coming up :)

[@stevensaxon8888]

@@SailCloudyBay love the videos. your channel should have 200+ times the subs. Just wondering if anyone mentioned why so many building have red roofs?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Well, spread the word .... the more people on our channel the merrier. I think it may have something to do with our stop-start nature of posting them. No, no one mentioned red roofs. Its funny how trends are catching. For instance all the roofs in Bermuda were white.

[@michaeldobson8859]

Wow another great video of an amazing place. I could live there. Thanks guys for the view.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Our pleasure, Michael. Thanks for watching again. We found these NW islands in the Caribbean were much more appealing than the windwards.

[@mz2288]

16:45 Isn’t Cloudy looking stunning in that light. You have a beautiful boat Glen! Really enjoyed this video, living the dream 😴.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks 👍

[@arumrunner]

17:33 "She's going to put you in Quarantine and lock your up" - A premonition or crystal ball? lol Thanks for sharing the previous adventures. Cheers and be well.

[@SailCloudyBay]

haha .... yes, I thought the same as we edited that part! Should have kept my mouth shut :)

[@portfoliofotoz]

@@SailCloudyBay So, it's all your fault???

[@Sailingbill1]

Beautiful Island. I was there last year and will be back this year. HR54 is my dream boat. enjoy

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks for watching ... yes, we love our Cloudy ...

[@ps4peace]

This was a lovely treat - thank you!!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@streetbob8607]

Thanks for the video!....missing you both!...Let’s go sailing!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Our pleasure!

[@Anmeteor9663]

Lovely to see you both back even if it is back in time filling in the gaps. Thank you

[@SailCloudyBay]

Our pleasure, Nick.

[@peterm.nangeroni691]

Hi Oana & Glen, This is one of my favorite islands of the Caribbean, and there didn't appear to be much damage from the Hurrican Dorian thankfully. Noticed quite a few "sky cranes", assuming that they're for new construction. I covered the island using rental motor cycles and did the same tour as you both did and remember stopping into an excellent French bakery that we discovered from the delicious bakery smells in the air, north of the airport somewhere if I recall correctly. You brought back fond memories of the island, thanks for another great video....

[@SailCloudyBay]

Peter, yes, that right about where that bakery was. Always a pleasure to visit the boulangerie's when arriving to French islands! I dont think St.Barts was too badly hit by the hurricanes. But St.Martin (next video), got it really bad.

[@nawiwan3112]

Jsem rád ře se opět setkáváme při sledování Vašeho videa a pokračujte .. N.W. """translator""""

[@SailCloudyBay]

thanks

[@billjones3071]

Great channel like your drone shots

[@SemperFido9915]

Nice to see my favorite cruising couple back in action, if only in a time warp. I look forward to the coming season. :-)

[@SailCloudyBay]

Yes, can't wait to be back out there for real

[@rayrussell2735]

The lost season !! Yea.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Yeah .... at loooong last eh!

[@ruilobapato6753]

Thank you, very nice videos .

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you like them!

[@blackfish7163]

lovely video thankyou!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you enjoyed it, Curt.

[@igorr4092]

Thanks for the video! As always only positive vibes!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks Igor. Glad to hear it

[@foundatsea3483]

Awww yeahh!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks ..... love the name of your channel!

[@foundatsea3483]

@@SailCloudyBay thanks Glen & Oana, it’s Dale 😊

[@nawiwan3112]

second ago I'm glad to meet you again while watching your video and keep going .. N.W. "

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thank you again

[@M-Swede]

Another crazy approach in the Caribbean is Saba. We flew in and it looked like the cliff wall was just off the right wing. Plus if they overshoot the runway it's a big, big drop into the sea.

[@SailCloudyBay]

You're right there! Our Saba video will be out in 2 weeks time. A VERY interesting island.

[@M-Swede]

@@SailCloudyBay I'll be interested to see it. We spent a week SCUBA diving off Saba. Mostly drift dives that you need to drop straight to the coral head (mini mountain) or risk having to be picked up on the surface a ways away.

[@jayneroberts919]

Really nice drone shots!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks Jayne ....

[@rchristie5401]

Beautiful Island!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Yes, it was pretty nice. But we liked Anguilla beaches better ..... in 3 episodes time.

[@PaulGabow]

Hello) We also have a lot of flowers in cemeteries in Russia. So it's not just in St. Barts happens...

[@SailCloudyBay]

It was very nice to see

[@jerryandersson1540]

Friday's are back to a positive normal. Here we go!

[@SailCloudyBay]

TGIF .... its SCB again for a few weeks :)

[@jerryandersson1540]

@@SailCloudyBay SCB must mean "Spool Control Block" :0)

[@kevinb9319]

Funny, my wife and we’re on St Barts at the same time you were. In fact, you were right outside the villa we rented (villa passage) at the 8:40 mark of your video. Thankfully you didn’t fly your drone above our villa 😀.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Wow Kevin, What a small world! Dont worry, we are very careful not to intrude with our drone.

[@kevinb9319]

@@SailCloudyBay That’s good to know. My wife will be happy about that. Just an FYI, the house on the cliffs at 16:25 was built by David Rockefeller, not the Rothschild’s.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Oops ...thanks for the correction. Now that you mention it I now realise that I said the wrong name. Hmmm, my editor-in-chief (Oana) also missed that one!

[@sheriffcorkyface]

Welcome back!!!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks shoebox!

[@dancundiff3316]

Glenn, when you anchor the boat in a bay and go dinghy exploring, I assume you lock up Cloudy Bay? Do you worry about the anchor holding, wind shifts etc? Thank you VERY much, I LOVE watching your content and dreaming "One day soon"!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Good questions Dan. Yes, we always lock the boat without fail and also lift the swim platform for added security. That way, unlike a catamaran, a swimmer or someone in a canoe cannot get aboard. With regards the anchor we always have a concern for that. But so far never happened. The key is knowing your ground tackle and snorkeling over the anchor once set. There are devices you can get now that will alert your phone if the boat moves beyond a geofence. Basically a remote anchor watch. But all such systems require a GSM SIM dedicated to the device on the boat. Hope that helps.

[@jchubrejorge]

Hi, thank you for your wonderful videos. One question: what model is your Highfield? I like its size too.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Jorge, Glad you enjoy our videos The dinghy that you see in this particular video (from our 2019 season) was our old Avon 315. We only bought our Highfield Classic 340 at the end of 2019. THe Highfield starts appearing in our videos from S19 Ep20, when we purchased and fitted it to the davits.

[@s.schaffhausen9967]

Thanks for the video. I have a question about the Gibraltar national flag. Why is it in Blue Ensign or Red Ensign? thanks for answering

[@SailCloudyBay]

Not sure. All the ensigns on sale in Gibraltar were blue. Some UK territories have blue, some red. Gib must be blue.

[@Lexpol]

I think the blue is the official gov flag. Pleasure yachts should carry a red ensign, at least thats what I was told.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Plenty of pleasure yachts with blue ensigns. Plus I'm a member of an affiliated Royal Yacht Club, so allowed to fly blue.

[@zakenshi]

Please tell me back ground Music title on Drone flight seen? the music is really good.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Chill Cafe Music 2017 by Featured Artist ALJOSHA KONSTANTY

[@Mr.Alia63]

Hi Glenn finally amazing sailing videos, this is January 19 where are you now?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Currently in Bucharest Ali, waiting for Covid to settle down and easy travel to return again.

[@Mr.Alia63]

@@SailCloudyBay I love this legendary city I have been there before all the best

[@tip0019]

@@SailCloudyBay Lol, Bucharest got a lock-down yesterday. The center always avoids lock-down so hope you are there. Love your vids 😎

[@SailCloudyBay]

Correct, we are in the center and you are right, no lock down here amazingly. But we are both vaccinated now, so feeling much safer these days.