​Current Location:  Southside Marina, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
Miles Traveled:  6
Weather:  Mostly sunny, windy, mid-80s
Highlights: Up early for shopping excursion into town.  Beached the dinghy, flagged down a jitney (cheap Lyft), and went over to Grace Bay resort area.  Walked a bit on the beach, then had a very nice brunch at one of the beach-side cafes before heading over to the shops.  Found a few gifts and provisions for the boat, then grabbed another jitney back to the beach.  Cleared out with customs around 3PM, then moved the boat over to the Southside Marina to top up the diesel tanks.  Small world - boat docked next to us was owned by Peter from the Leopard Catamaran sales group in Fort Lauderdale. We had met him a few times as we were closing on our boat back in 2017.  Terry helped Peter and his friend George replace a broken halyard, then we joined them for a very nice lobster and ribs dinner at the marina restaraunt.  Back to the boat around 9PM, ready for an early start to our overnight run down to Luperon in the DR.

​Current Location:  Sapadilla Bay anchorage, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
Miles Traveled:  0
Weather:  Mostly sunny, windy, mid-80s
Highlights: Slept in this morning, then Amy did a couple of loads of laundry whle Terry started up the water maker and did some spot-cleaning on the boat.  Water maker started to clog up and slow down right near the end of the process - hopefully the filters aren't going bad.  Will need to watch it closely next time, and maybe not wait until the tanks are almost empty before re-filling.  Reading, napping, and catching up on news and blogs before a light dinner of southwestern chicken cobb salad, beer-bread (new recipe Amy is trying out).  Dominoes, reading, and organizing the iTunes library (XMas music) before turning in for the night.

​Current Location:  Sapadilla Bay anchorage, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
Miles Traveled:  44
Weather:  Partly cloudy, windy (10-20 knots), low-80s
Highlights: Raised anchor at midnight and had a very relaxing 7-hour night sail south from Mayaguana to Provo.  We had steady 10-12 knot winds out of the NE and east all night, so were under full sail with no engines until we hit the Sandbore Channel and turned due east into the wind.  We dropped the sails and motored for the final 2 hours.  Moon set around 4AM, and stars were as bright as we've ever seen.  Dropped anchor in Sapadilla Bay just after 8AM (Atlantic Time, yes, we lost an hour), got the boat squared away, then took the dinghy into the beach and walked down the road to Customs and Immigration to clear in.  Filled out a few forms, handed over $50 (cheap compared to the $300 for the Bahamas), and were back to the boat before noon for lunch and nap time.  Amy fixed a nice birthday dinner of pan-seared mahi-mahi, rice, salad, and chocolate-chip cheese cake for desert, then we wrapped up the evening with a game of revenge dominoes (loser from last time wins this time) before turning in for the night.