Not much that I know of really discusses the Turks and Caicos Islands and therefore we saw them as simply a staging point to get to Luperon in the Dominican Republic. We came in with a couple of other boats and we all seemed to have the same plan. I had heard that Caicos was primarily a sunny beach with big hotels and nothing for the cruising sailor. We were surprised to hear a net in the morning hosted by the local Marina and even more surprised to hear them call boats by name (us) that were miles away anchored out. Most marinas don't give a hoot about anchored boats either. Simon the Marina manager invited us all over for a potluck barbecue. He even sent a truck out to pick us all up. It was a great event made even better by the musical stylings of Robin from Solveig. He was a folk music aficionado and kept the party going well into the night. Simon and his wife were genuinely gracious and any boat "staging" in Caicos would do well to call Simon. He is trying to make cruisers feel appreciated in Caicos and he did a great job.
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Having left the festivities of Georgetown behind us we moved on to Rum Cay. It was a real tough day of beating incessantly into wind and waves. The one bright spot being the landing of yet another great Mahi. Rum Cay proved to live up to its reputation as a rolly anchorage and we got to experience it in all its glory for a week. We did manage to do some snorkeling and captured a couple nice fish and the biggest Lobster I have seen yet. The island is fairly undeveloped and has small roads going all over. We managed a walk to the windward side of the island and were presented with a gorgeous view of reef, bluffs and crashing waves. Our highly anticipated weather window to go east proved to be less exiting than we had hoped for as we were unable to sail. I still prefer motoring to smashing into waves and wind so off we went. Early the next morning we passed by the island of Myaguana and turned south to Caicos. We also turned off the engine and had a great sail south for half a day. Just like that we were out of the Bahamas.
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After a week in Georgetown competing in regatta events and catching up with old friends we are once again on the move. Unfortunately we won't be loading the boat down with any prizes or trophys from our exploits, but we will take away some great memories.
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