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September 2022    Download the Entire Issue (PDF) Available to the Public Vol. 48, No. 9   RSS Feed for Undercurrent Issues
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Ferry from St. Martin to St. Eustatius or Saba?

from the September, 2022 issue of Undercurrent   Subscribe Now

Rather than fly from St. Martin to St. Eustatius (or Saba or St. Kitts), consider the ferry service . . . or maybe not. While they have a sleek 72-foot catamaran (MV Makana) that holds 150 passengers, it was in for repairs, so we were on a beater, a cramped storage locker of a ship. Pretty unpleasant. We raced from our St. Martin 3:15 plane arrival to get to Makana for the 5:15 departure (foolish plan); upon arrival at 4:25, the arrogant Makana worker seemed to enjoy telling me, "You're too late to board," even though the passengers were milling around. I had to grovel to get officially approved and then waited 30 minutes to board. They handed us barf bags, though the seas remained calm. With a stop in Saba, it was about a 3.5-hour trip.

At the end of our Statia visit, our boarding time for Saba, where we were to stay for a week, was 6 a.m. We arrived at 5 a.m., the required hour, but their office didn't open until 5:20. And the boat was late. I passed the time watching mountain goats and their kids miraculously scampering on the skinny front face ledges of the steep cliff across the street.

The ferry is $85 round-trip and adds to any travel adventure. But only book it if the MV Makana is making the run. And don't cut it close with your back-home flight departure. https://makanaferryservice.com/

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