We have had a good rest, Finally.

It's been a tough week trying to get to the Turks and Caicos, but we are here and the weather is perfect. The first day we relaxed and waited for customs and immigration to come and see us. It was good to just sit around on solid ground. Our buddy boat Let It Be let us wait on there boat in the air conditioning and that was sooo nice. Customs came about 2 hours later and immigration didn't come until the next day. We have done a bit of maintenance on the boat while we were waiting. I have gone back to the steering wheel cage below the deck to place a proper lock bolt. When this rudder was replaced in the spring it should have been installed with a lock washer or a lock bolt or at least lock tight to hold the nut and bolt in place. This bolt should never have backed out. So this is another part of the boat that will have routine maintenance checks done to make sure this doesn't happen again. We will spend a few days doing work on the boat in the mornings and maybe look around in the afternoon because it really hot here. It's been getting in the 90's in the afternoon. So on the way here I took a few pictures.

Here's Laurie on watch. We were lucky the autohelm was working. 

Here's a short video of the water coming out of the tape. The seas weren't to bad this day. If the seas are bigger you have to make sure the water stays in the sink. Keep you eyes on the water.

 

Here's some pictures of the marina we are in. It's very nice.

 

I hope we can get out to see the island very soon.

 

 

So now that we are in the Turks and Caicos it's time again for:

 

So Here's Interesting Tidbits  SHIT for short.

 

 

Glow Worms

In the Caicos there is an amazing occurrence in the waters at the Caicos banks. For three to six nights after a full moon. Flashes of fluorescent green dot the water and then fade away. They are very bright and can appear in a handful or hundreds. These dots are caused by the courting ritual of the marine Glowworm. The female Glowworm swims toward the surface and releases bioluminescent egg masses which make small bright green glowing spots that attract the male Glowworm. He becomes excited. He becomes so excited that he lights up his own bioluminescent. When the two meet at the surface she spins around in circles and she releases more eggs. the male dances around her releasing gametes onto the eggs and that is how a baby Glowworm begins. " simple as that".

That some amazing SHIT!

 

Turks And Caicos History

The Turks And Caicos is a British overseas territory. It has 40 islands and Cays. Legend has it that its name came from the scarlet dome of the barrel shaped Turks head cactus and the Spanish word Cayos meaning small islands. Christopher Columbus set foot on the island in 1492 welcomed by the friendly Lucayan Indians. Bermudians arrived on the island in the mid 1600's and began a thriving salt business. The American Declaration Of Independence left the British Loyalists from South Carolinas and Georgia without a country. They took advantage of British crown land in the Turks. Here they had a thriving cotton industry until a terrible hurricane brought it to an end. A few Loyalists then took their slaves to the Grand Turks  where they started the salt trade. Slavery was abolished in Britain in 1807  giving the Royal Navy the authority to set free the slavery and they were freed on the shores of the Bahamas. Many arrived to the shores of the Caicos by a shipwreck of illegal slaves in 1841. In 1976 the island was granted a new constitution and elected a form of government which was appointed by the Queen to represent the British interest in the island. Today it is developed for tourism with world class hotels and the most beautiful beaches in the world.

 

Well that's some boring SHIT!