This will be another shorter post because we have limited cell service. After moving from Wiley Point to Taylor Bay, we enjoyed a few days of calmer water anchored in a very touristy area. There was a lovely beach which we walked one day and we also had a nice swim from the beach.
Mark continued with the main cabin air conditioning unit installation and that is coming along nicely. I’ve been helping when needed and also doing lots of reading! That’s one positive thing about our limited wifi access – I’ve finished one book and getting ready to start another.
This morning while we were having our breakfast, we started looking at the weather and trying to make plans for leaving Turks & Caicos. As I said in my last post, we can’t arrive in the Dominican Republic until Feb. 1 because of our insurance but we can continue east to Grand Turk and get ready to cross to the DR. We had planned to go back into Southside Marina on Jan. 30 to do some laundry, grocery shopping and then clear out. But after looking at the wind this morning (Jan. 29th), we decided it’s time to go!! We quickly reorganized the boat (the cockpit was full of boat parts and other stuff), secured the dinghy in the davits and pulled up anchor!! We were underway by 9am with about a 40nm trip to just south of Cockburn Harbour (South Caicos). We had a great almost upwind sail with just the jib and mizzen. We arrived at our destination (a tiny cay called Middleton Cay) by 4 pm.
In the morning we’ll jump across to Big Sand Cay which is about 25nm south east of our current location. We’re doing something a bit unusual – we’re heading to the most south Turks island (Big Sand) for Thursday and Friday (it will be very windy from the east on Friday and this island offers good wind protection) and then on Saturday, we’ll go north about 17nm to Grand Turk Island. We still need to clear out (go to customs and immigrations) of Turks and Caicos so that’s why we have to go to Grand Turk. We’ll spend Saturday afternoon on the island and then if the weather holds, we’ll cross to the DR overnight on Sunday, Feb. 2!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 