We’ve had our few days of dock rest and are now ready to go explore the south side of Providenciales. In our short time here we did laundry, filled our water tanks, had a nice takeout dinner and today we rented a car to do some minor provisioning. We got a limited phone plan with 8 g of data and did some grocery shopping. We spent probably 3 hours getting all our shopping done and then having a nice lunch out.
The island is quite small so it didn’t take much time to drive to the different stops. It is a bit of a challenge because they drive on the left side of the road and they have these quasi round abouts. It took Mark a few turns through the round abouts to figure out who actually has the right away. All was good though – made it back to the marina with no issues and we only used $3.00 of gas!!
The marina has been quick busy since we arrived on Wednesday morning. We’ve watched many boat tours come and go from here – seadoo rentals, pontoon boat tours, and of course many diving excursions all load and return here. There has also been daily arrivals of other sailboats. Today a 33ft sailboat came in – we saw this boat in Clarence Town. The boat is sailed by a solo sailor from Canada. Mark helped him back his boat into the dock and get secured in what’s called a med mooring style of docking (stern against the pier with no dock access except from the stern).
In the morning we are heading out to explore the south side of Providenciales. There are a few anchorages we will visit and if the wind holds true, we’ll be able to stay on the south side until our return to the marina on March 6th. Donalda and Bill arrive on March 7th so we’ll be back at the dock. Unfortunately we won’t have wifi while at anchor for the next week and a half, so no posts until we return here on the 6th.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 