Left Grand Turks 6am headed for Providenciales, also Turks and Caicos. Seas still fairly rough and very shallow, most of the way it was below 13 feet, down to as little as 7 feet. Luckily we have a draft of 5'7" so no problems. Tricky finding a place to anchor for the night, couldn't see channel markers, and only one other yacht moored there.
Next morning found our way into the marina. After finding the tiny red and green marker buoys to pass between (and one which was both red and green) we entered a narrow channel which opened into a big marina with boats of all sizes. It was only about 8 feet in the centre and 2 feet at the sides so had to go slowly.
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| Cruiser coming in shallow channel |
By the time we had finished with Customs, getting ice, a few groceries etc we decided to stay for the day. Had a good day wandering around chatting to other boaties and getting info for our future reference on best way to go.
The island had a deep sea fishing comp and we saw the weigh in.
The biggest fish was a 70 pound wahu. It was obviously a big event on the islands with a marquee, food and drink, auction of the fish caught. Later it poured with rain but they still had a good time.
The biggest fish was a 70 pound wahu. It was obviously a big event on the islands with a marquee, food and drink, auction of the fish caught. Later it poured with rain but they still had a good time.
Lovely people there and a much more prosperous island than the Grand Turks.
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