3 day sail to Turks and Caicos was our first longish’ voyage…
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New Mooring for Island Dancer
Spent the night sailing across the Caicos islands (14 hrs) fabulous sail.. we’re on the west side now in Provo… a Resort Island… Hello Walt Disney!!! We will take IT !!!!
Hotel here is $512.00 a night.. or… our option….dock fee is $48.00 (apparently with cable TV!)?
So.. Looks like we are staying on Island Dancer!
You get to use the resort and all the cool toys including fire ring tables, infinity pool, out door pool table, free Beach Bikes to take to town, swim up bar, bars, beach, etc..
It’s over the top elegant and were ready for it!
Spending the next 7 days here doing NOTHING!!!
Here’s the comparison of rooms available:
Some Ketchup Pics
Haven’t had high speed internet for a while, so here’s some pics of the action…
First Few are Allie at a Marine Biology School in South Caicos
Old house is the Governors Mansion.. (perhaps previous)
Then some sailing pics on the 3 day cruise..
Then of course PICO!!!! on the Stand Up Board!!!
Have a Great Day!
Timbo
10 mile Bike Ride – Kayak Through Mangroves – Drink Beer
Turks and Caicos Marathon was pretty awesome! Rather than do the complete event in one day we broke it up…
The resort let you use their beach bikes.. no locks required..
quote from front desk “This be da Islan’s mon.. no need to loc dem up, you be fine… If not, we hav your credit card” 🙂
Rode 1/2 across the island.. you can’t really go much further as you hit the Highway.. (much like London road in Sarnia)..
and bike riding there we were told was “crazy”.. (of course we tried it.. a short distance to Mis Amigo’s!”
High scores from the crew on the Mexican dish’s.. Our new friend Dervent treated us to the great food.. very very friendly people here!
I am now qualified to do the most famous Caicos handshake.. took about 5 tries but Dervent wouldn’t give up on Timbo until I had it.. 🙂
You can go into every resort except Sandals? and use their beach/pool… so lots of exploring still to do…
Hopefully that doesn’t include too much shopping in town.. this is the Grand Bend of the Caribbean!
LAUNCH THE KAYAK!!! Trails in the mangroves are all over the national park we are moored beside.. an outfit called Big Blue sends people out all day…
They charge around $75 to do the tour.. so with our NEW KAYAK we had to check it out!
Marathon was almost over.. only thing left was the Turks Head Beer drinking contest..
Our friends from Denver (formally Sarnia) will be here later today (Gerry and Cindy)… will be fun to explore the island with them the next few days.
Mr. Weatherman aka Snowman, is hinting we will be “stuck” here a few days.. some strong winds are on their way… North of 40 knots.. and perhaps stronger?
Tied up the boat pretty well.. we will lash down the floating toys tomorrow and sea what happens!
Have a Great Day!
Timbo
Robins Back
Just a little update on Robins Back injury….
Socked in Turks and Caicos
Well maybe Socked in isn’t the correct term…   She’s been blowin for a week.. so we’ve been lashed to the dock!  but appears we will be moving very soon! (To Bahamas)
This is Robins favourite Island so far.. Â its a really nice change, there are NO charter boats here at all..
Only big super yachts and real cruisers heading to all locations of the globe.. Â Very interesting talking to most anyone on the dock!
Our new favourite location is called the Beach House.. Â there is a pretty darn good reef for snorkelling just off the beach.. they have free rental equipment too!.
Then we discovered the Hobbie Cat is also free to use.. That with the free beach bikes, this place quickly approached awesome!..
We had the hobbie out for a few runs with our friends (from home) Cindy, Gerry, Leslie and Terry. Â Lots of fun with this group all week!
Lots of festivals here, no time to be idle…
The easter bunny found an open hatch on Island Dancer…  Hope he found his way to your house as well!
Have a Great Day!
Timbo
Sea Ya Turks n Caicos
Casting the lines today for a jaunt up into the Bahamas.. likely 250 miles if all goes well =(about a mac race and a bit)
Snowman tells me the sails will mostly stayed furled as the wind is next to zippo.. which is sad, but better than the crazy winds earlier this week.. Never satisfied eh!
Thanks to Mr. Tracy, we have a new electric lift pump on the starboard engine.. the one remaining gremlin since we bought the boat is now solved..
We thought it was a small air leak into the diesel feed for about 2 months…but we got her now! Always electrical Timbo… remember that! 🙂
Love people showing up from the states with presents!!
Allie finally got her bon fire… by the end of the night we had 2 or 3 pallets on it and a bag of marshmallows in our belly’s.
Note: Palm tree branch’s work excellent for fire sticks!
Allie’s school project required some minor trespassing on the penthouse of the resort (for educational pics of course)…. nice place eh!
AIS will show us leaving tonight, and arriving on Thursday, but likely not much in between.
Should be heading out just before sunset…. cya on the other side!
Have a Great Day!
Timbo