Tendering in SXM is a thing of the past on the Dutch side, except for exceedingly busy days, like a 7 ship day AND except for the Queen Mary II, I think. The QMII had too deep a draft to dock in SXM, a year or so ago. She was built as an ocean-going vessel, unlike how they build the new ships today. Don't know if they had dredged the harbor deeper for her now or not. It's funny, the little tiny ships that we used to sail on in the old days had deeper drafts in many instances than do the behomeths today. I guess that works out ok, most of the time..
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