We’re Sail Renegades, a small owner-and-crew-run charter out of Cole Bay, and a full day aboard Freedom is the one way to see both halves of the only island on earth split between two countries — Dutch Sint Maarten to the south, French Saint-Martin to the north — the way they’re meant to be seen, from the rail of your own catamaran with nowhere you have to be. You get the whole island. Anchor for a swim where the water goes that pale, lit-from-below blue. Snorkel a reef most day-trippers never find. Swap the Dutch side’s buzz for a French beach you can only reach by boat. Your captain knows where the turtles graze and where the wind lays down flat, and he builds the route around whatever you’re hoping for. One boat, one group, one day that’s completely yours.
