S/Y Sanctuary (41' Soverel Cutter): SailBlogs

The Turks & Caicos

Carl — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:07:25 -0500

Yesterday morning after a pretty rough night motoring into the winds and seas we arrived in the Turks & Caicos, a British Crown Colony 70 nm southeast of the Bahamas. We have now entered our second country on Sanctuary's 2009-2010 Smell the Roses tour. After checking in with Customs and Immigration we promptly crashed onboard for some much needed sleep. We expect to spend a couple of weeks here as Just Imagine modifies their boat insurance for the trip south. I guess there are worse places to get stuck. The temperature and conditions (so far) are much more tropical than we saw in the Bahamas. Too bad. (View Post...)

Peaceful Out Islands

Carl/Carrie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:28:39 -0500

On our trip south leaving the Bahamas we stopped over at a popular place to wait out weather and stage for the jump to the Turks & Caicos, a small island country on the path to the Caribbean. We entered Abrahams Bay after a fairly quiet overnight passage from Clarencetown and were mesmerized by the crystal clear water. As I stood on the bow looking at the bottom I asked Carrie, "how deep is it?", to which she replied "46 feet!" The morning sun refracted some beautiful colors off of the white sand below and the coral heads were easy to make out. We anchored and promptly loaded the dinghy with our snorkel gear and with our spears, headed out for a morning hunt. I only got one lobster but the variety of fish and coral was spectacular. We rested the remainder of the day, remarking how incredibly peaceful the anchorage was. There is a small fishing settlement on this side of the island but otherwise the plants and animals have the run of the place. (View Post...)

Just Imagine!!

Carl — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:35:20 -0500

At long last we have rejoined Robin and Cheryl on Just Imagine... In the early afternoon we got their call on VHF and watched them appear over the horizon traveling south down the east side of Long Island towards Clarencetown. They anchored next to us in the harbor and a wonderful gathering for dinner and lots of laughs occrured that evening. We also made plans to catch the favorable weather and get underway the next morning for our next passage, through the out-islands of the Bahamas and on to the Turks & Caicos, a small island nation on our way to the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean Sea!! Hooray!!! (View Post...)