St. Maarten Private Eye

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Sorry, but Dawn Beach does not erode 16 - 18 meters. You claiming it does is like Roy Marlin claiming there was never a natural pond there, another lie. Before the previous hotel was built there was a large marshy area that turned into a pond after heavy rains. It was not a pond in the way Red Pond is a pond so therefore was not significant enough to be noted on maps. Two old residents of St. Maarten have assured me of this, this is before there were any roads there.

Now, let me try again to bring your attention to the facts because you don't seem to want to address them. 17ft and 33ft.

The 16-18 meters you claim is actually irrelevant, the high water mark is the highest place the water naturally reaches. As you can see, it naturally reaches where it does, 17ft away from a 3ft 'embedded' road and 33ft from where Westin plan to put a wall. 33ft is just a little different than 108 ft dont you think? Even your 16 - 18 meters doesn't cover it.

You are right, the beach does erode a little at the ends, nowhere near the amount these people are saying though. Wherever the water comes to, be it pebbles, walls, rocks, sand. That is the high water mark, it's why it is called the high water mark.

As for quoting from a newspaper article, yes, there are several with much the same info, quoted from ROY MARLIN himself. You will be happy to know we will have a copy of their permit up here in the next day or so, it may help refresh Westin what it say's, they appear to have lost theirs.

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