Extreme Landing... St. Maarten

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Comment by Mike Brown on March 25, 2010 at 7:54pm

A friend of mine is anchored on the French side of St Marteen and said he was just at the beach. It's at the end of the runway and some people stand at the fence behind the 747s as they power up to take off. They usually get blown over and definately sand blasted. Not for the feint of heart that's for sure.

Comment by Terri on March 25, 2010 at 1:10pm

Yeah, wouldn't have been my chosen place to anchor..was one of those "any port in a storm" moves. As I've said before... been there once..no need or desire every to return. Too commercial for me. The puddle jumpers that flew in & out of there were the most scariest thing of the whole trip. I kept thinking where is the landing strip as they would corkscrew and dive at the same time. ugh. I like Tortola's "nothing built higher than a palm tree" rule. Would love to do more sailing around there and maybe St. John. .

Comment by Liv on March 25, 2010 at 12:01pm

Wow.. who wants to fly in like that and who wants to vacation there with aircraft coming in so low. ? !
I'll do without.

Comment by ___/)ances With Sails on March 25, 2010 at 11:34am

holy smoly,,thanks for th heads up!.., i think i'll find somewhere else to visit. Vid was aaaaaall th vantage i needed.
Sailing an opposite bearing.