Before the port call
Simpson Bay Bridge: plan your transit
Understand the two lagoon bridges, how to prepare the radio call, and how a changed transit affects your berth, deliveries and departure.
3 minSXM Yachting Guide 2026/27
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Coming through the lagoon, changing crew or planning a day ashore? Find the local detail that helps you make the next decision.
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A day by the water
Find the right beach for your guests
Compare beaches for a serviced lunch, a social afternoon or a swim, with examples at Mullet Bay, Orient Bay, Anse Marcel and Great Bay and a separate look at Maho.
5 min
The next crew change
Changing crew in Sint Maarten
Understand entry checks, airport connections, delayed baggage and handover timing, then build a crew movement that still works when a flight changes.
5 minThe island, explained
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- Arrival and clearance
Simpson Bay Bridge: plan your transit
Understand the two lagoon bridges, how to prepare the radio call, and how a changed transit affects your berth, deliveries and departure.
3 min - Arrival and clearance
Great Bay or Simpson Bay Lagoon
Compare Great Bay and the lagoon by access, work alongside, guest movements and departure flexibility, then build a berth brief around the actual call.
4 min - Arrival and clearance
Yacht clearance in Sint Maarten
Prepare a Dutch-side clearance file, understand what Customs, Immigration and SLAC each handle, and keep arrivals, crew changes and departure documents consistent.
4 min - Berth, schedule and fuel
Can your yacht enter Simpson Bay Lagoon
Distinguish bridge, channel and berth limits; prepare the yacht’s real arrival profile; and understand why published dimensions cannot settle a close-clearance passage.
4 min - Berth, schedule and fuel
A short-notice port call, in the right order
Work out what controls a short call, sequence services around that dependency, and make clear decisions when a delivery, flight or clearance runs late.
4 min - Berth, schedule and fuel
Before you bunker in Sint Maarten
Define the fuel order, match the delivery to the yacht’s receiving limits, and understand what the delivery note, sample and quantity record each establish.
4 min - Provisions, people and freight
Provisioning: write an order that works
Write quantities and substitution rules that a buyer can use, distinguish preferences from dietary constraints, and plan the handover into the yacht’s cold stores.
4 min - Provisions, people and freight
From SXM Airport to the yacht
Plan entry documents, commercial-terminal and private-aviation pickups, baggage delays and a changed berth without confusing flight arrival with arrival aboard.
4 min - Provisions, people and freight
Getting an urgent spare aboard
Identify the correct spare, establish shipping and Customs responsibilities, and follow the shipment from dispatch through release to the engineer receiving it aboard.
4 min - Rules, weather and jurisdictions
Waste, anchoring and protected waters
Separate waste streams for collection, understand the different MARPOL controls, and plan lagoon and marine-park activity without assuming that a berth or dive tag grants every permission.
4 min - Rules, weather and jurisdictions
Planning a yacht call in hurricane season
Set vessel-specific action times, read forecasts without relying on the track cone alone, and understand why Dutch and French storm arrangements require separate checks.
4 min - Rules, weather and jurisdictions
One island, two clearance systems
Distinguish Dutch and French vessel formalities, identify the French pleasure-vessel declaration, and keep port administration, passenger entry and cross-island logistics separate.
4 min
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