Sea Changes Sailing with Dan and Allyson: So long Georgetown, Hello Turks and Caicos!

We performed the longest tack of our lives from Georgetown to Providenciales. The trip started by sailing out past Long Cay, Conception Island and San Salvador. Once we got out far enough we tacked towards the southeast and continued down offshore past Samana Cay and Mayaguana. Once directly north of the Sandbore channel into Providenciales we turned south and sailed the last 60 miles to the entrance. Inside the channel entrance the tacking did not end, the engine started making a funny noise so we shut it off and made a long couple tacks to get into Sapadillo Bay and anchor under sail. It was a fun 3 days of fishing, firework tossing, flare shooting and squall dodging. All in all it took about 80 hours to cover the 330 miles. We were exhausted when we got in, but it was worth it.

Trip Statistics

Fish: 4 Mahi (kept only 1) and lost 2 lures

New Years Fireworks: 3 Expired flares, 20 Black Cats thrown from deck, 1 Airhorn blast at midnight

Sleep: Dan about 18 hrs, Allyson about 15 hrs

Broken Alternators: 1 (installed the spare)

Number of push-ups: 0

Number of rum drinks: 1 each

Hours of Motor-sailing: 12

Hours of Sailing: 68

Boats seen: 2 (one cruise ship, one tanker)