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Ep 267 | Offshore Sailing Turks & Caicos to the Bahamas

27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2025 · 11 λεπτά · 17K προβολές · Rum Cay

Crew leans out on racing sloop in turquoise waters

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Paul and Sheryl Shard depart South Bank Marina on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, aboard their Ankh Sail Orion 49 with guest crew Mike and Marcy, bound for Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas.0:46 The route crosses roughly 12 miles of shallow banks — 3–4 meters deep — with the keel raised and jib only, before the bottom drops abruptly to over 3,000 meters at the edge.2:00 From there they sail overnight 50 miles to Mayaguana, then on to Atwood Harbour at Acklins Island, a crescent-beach anchorage with no entrance marks, exposed to northwest through north winds, best entered in good light.3:04 The next leg runs roughly 100 miles northwest to Long Island on a broad reach under a Code Zero in 8–9 knots apparent wind, crossing the Tropic of Cancer overnight and rounding Cape Santa Maria at dawn before a final 20-mile close-hauled stretch into Georgetown.7:07 Georgetown Harbour, sheltered behind Stocking Island, holds over 400 vessels at peak season.7:29 The crew attends the National Family Island Regatta in April, where Paul previously sailed as ballast crew on a C-Class racing sloop.8:43 Mike and Marcy fly home from Georgetown; Paul and Sheryl continue north up the Exuma chain.10:20

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