The winds remained very light and I sailed from Île Tintamarre to Île Fourchue with full sails at a comfortable 4-5 knots in near-perfect conditions. The anchorage at Île Fourchue had all the mooring balls taken and I was thinking of anchoring (which other boats were doing, but which I thought was not allowed) when one of the moored charter boats dropped lines and departed. I set up my diving gear and dinghied over to one little mooring ball and was very pleasantly surprised that the conditions were just about perfect for diving - 30-50 feet of depth with steep rock drop-offs to a sandy bottom where I could photograph all sorts of flora and fauna.
I did two dives, the second one with the wetsuit on so I could lay in the sand and take pictures. I saw turtles and eagle rays, but both were moving away from me and there was no chance at getting a picture (I do have two pictures to prove I saw them, but the quality was so poor that I won't post them). After the dives I cleaned up and made dinner aboard, intending on doing some tasks and chores but somehow I ran out of both time and energy and ended up doing nothing at all.

Taken while departing the anchorage in the morning and heading off to St. Barths (2012-02-17 11:12:59 NIKON D7000 with a "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6" lens. [f/4.0, 1/400s] ISO 100 Focus ∞) [18°6'57"N 62°59'39.54"W (facing E)]	Saba seen while passing some of the rocks close to Ile Fourchue in St. Barths. (2012-02-17 13:00:59 NIKON D7000 with a "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6" lens. [f/5.0, 1/800s] ISO 100 Focus ∞) [17°58'30.65"N 62°55'23.08"W (facing SW)]	The little rocky island outside of the anchorage in Ile Fourchue. The steep drop-off underwater made for excellent diving pictures. (2012-02-17 13:13:22 NIKON D7000 with a "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6" lens. [f/8.0, 1/100s] ISO 100 Focus 21.10m) [17°57'26.5"N 62°54'45.19"W (facing E)]	Calm waters and no wind made this a wonderful stop this day, normally the wind is funneled through the rocks and makes it great for wind-generators, even at night. (2012-02-17 13:39:11 NIKON D7000 with a "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6" lens. [f/8.0, 1/50s] ISO 100 Focus 21.10m) [17°57'24.59"N 62°54'18.27"W (facing S)]
Coral at Ile Fourchue (2012-02-17 14:04:39 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/10.0, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.45m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	Bicolor Damselfish and sponges (2012-02-17 14:09:01 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/10.0, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.53m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	Feather anemone and gobies (2012-02-17 14:11:54 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/10.0, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.47m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	Corals growing at Ile Fourchue (2012-02-17 14:15:52 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/10.0, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.42m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]
I didn't understand why this Great Barracuda was just hovering next to the reef until I looked at the picture and saw the cleaning Goby doing its job. (2012-02-17 14:20:30 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/3.5, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 1.00m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	Colorful reef at Ile Fourchue (2012-02-17 14:32:18 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/3.5, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.53m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	Spindly coral growing from the rocks (2012-02-17 14:34:11 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/3.5, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.63m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	Cleaning Goby hiding (2012-02-17 16:12:32 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/4.0, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.38m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]
Wrasse by the fan coral (2012-02-17 16:47:06 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/4.5, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.60m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	This big Great Barracuda swum around me twice then went off into the distance, later I notice him hovering in the water far above me. Perhaps it was just curious... or hungry. (2012-02-17 16:14:18 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/4.0, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 1.19m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	French Angelfish and Grunt (2012-02-17 16:18:07 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/4.0, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.89m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	This green moray eel at first just had part of its snout out of the hole, but I layed down outside and waited for a couple of minutes and then it finally got curious and came outside. (2012-02-17 16:27:54 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/4.5, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.63m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]
Pair of Banded Butterflyfish (2012-02-17 16:30:59 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/4.5, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.45m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	This was the first time that I'd see a Moray eel completely out of its hole and it was moving around the rocks quite a bit. (2012-02-17 16:44:18 NIKON D7000 with a "35.0 mm f/1.8" lens. [f/4.5, 1/125s] ISO 100 Focus 0.53m) [17°57'23.04"N 62°54'36.61"W ]	A beautiful sunset seen from the anchorage at Ile Fourchue, St. Barths (2012-02-17 18:11:59 NIKON D7000 with a "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6" lens. [f/4.8, 1/320s] ISO 100 Focus ∞) [17°57'23.41"N 62°54'20.12"W (facing SW)]
Composite panorama from 3 photos taken from the anchorage in Ile Tintamarre, St. Martin. (2012-02-16 18:16:04 NIKON D7000 with a "18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6" lens. [f/4.0, 1/80s] ISO 200 Focus 10.60m) [18°6'58.17"N 62°59'20.38"W (facing W)]