Turks and Caicos. Caicos Bank and Provo.
Swiftwing
Wed 8 Apr 2009 15:47
 Swiftwing had to be steered by hand all
the way across the sixty mile bank. The deepest water we found was fifteen feet
deep, the shallowest seven. Swiftwing draws six feet four!
 Bev on the lookout for coral heads which
appeared every few hundred yards. Crossing the bank saved us an overnight
passage around it.
 Passing a coral reef to starboard. They
varied from the size a small car to a large back garden and show up black
against the turquoise water. This one is only about three feet below the
surface. They are living black coral as opposed to the white dead coral we
usually associate with coral reefs.
 Looking back with a sigh of relief from
five thousand feet deep to eight feet deep on the horizon. We were only one
hundred yards away from the bank when we took this photo.
 Sapodilla Bay, Providenciales. A complete
contrast to South Caicos with million dollar homes on the beach.
 This was Bev's favourite. Nicely
understated and flying the Irish Tricolour outside.
 Can't have a blog without a beach
photograph. Sapodilla Beach was fantastic. We were anchored one hundred yards
out in eight feet of water. We met Terry Rowlans from Cushendall here, he was
skippering a huge carbon fibre catamaran called 'Looking for
Elvis'
 Swiftwing from the beach. We forgot to
take the camera ashore when we went to down town Provo but to be honest the
place was a huge building site and completely uninspiring.
 Our first view of the Bahamas. The
lighthouse, British built in the 1800's, on Castle Island at the south end of
Acklins Island, but that's another blog.
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