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If you're looking for a Caribbean beach bar like the ones in the
movies, you'll find it here. A visit to this beach bar/restaurant is
an experience in itself. Diners can order from the menu of ca-
sual entreés and snacks and enjoy the swimming pool and
memorabilia from New Jersey (oddly enough). Live music six
nights a week.
Romantic Activities
Boat Racing
Let's get this straight. We're not boaters. But we would name
this boat race as one of the most exciting activities in the Carib-
bean. Our boat: the Stars and Stripes (yes, the same one that
brought Dennis Conner to glory). Our mission: to win the Amer-
ica's Cup.
Well, maybe not the America's Cup. Actually, this race is the 12-
Metre Challenge,
599-54-2075, for both first-time sailors and
salty skippers alike, held three times daily, six days a week
from the Philipsburg marina. We learned that this was no plea-
sure cruise - we were there to work. For the better part of an
hour we practiced our jobs, tacking and jibing, kicking up a
salty spray and often leaning so far into the wind that half the
crew enjoyed a cool Caribbean bath.
With the wind whipping as hard as 20 knots and swells churn-
ing up at six feet, we were quickly doused as we turned into po-
sition. “Red flag up! Start!” The race was on. We were now on
course, racing upwind and zigzagging through the eye of the
wind by tacking as fast as the crew could shout orders.
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