Marina days in St. Maarten.

The weather forecasts predicted very high winds for the three days following our arrival in St. Martin, so we decided to come into the marina to be on the safe side. Unfortunately the marina advertises services it does not have. It's not an expensive marina even though it caters to humongous power boats (34 euros a day), but the cable is not working, they have to call the company; the internet is terrible, really terrible, there are only two washers and two driers, one of each is not working. I imagine the gigantic boats, with thousands of powerful balls do not need either cable, or internet or washer and driers, and they pay much more, so voilá! And the truth is they are really incredible, there must be about ten of the really big ones, and 4 gigantic sailboats, (over a 100ft long) super luxurious, plus huge catamarans, over 60ft, floating homes. We look tiny. We had to moor stern to and hold on to a mooring ball in front. Getting in and out of the boat requires great acrobatic skills. Since I don't have them, I would not be surprised if I end up falling in the water again, only this time I will make sure I am not carrying my phone.
We have been walking around Marigot and stuffing ourselves with baguettes and pastries (at least we try to walk them off but I think the pastries are winning) and practicing our French, even Juan who's been bandying "bon jours" and ça va? left and right.  Lots of people smoking, which always surprises me, men in speedos and very good looking women. Several Eastern European groups (like the ones dancing in their bikinis which thankfully left the next day!) Tomorrow we are going to rent a car and visit the island. We are also trying to find an electrician to look at our setup, we were told of somebody very good, we called him and he's very busy but would try to come today at 4 pm, he didn't. So tomorrow we will try somebody else.