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.