Luperon

     On Monday morning we travelled approx. 40nm to a small cay called Six Hills, where we spent the night. Then on Tuesday we travelled approx. 25nm to Big Sand Cay, the last one in the Turks. We had to try to sleep because at 17:30 we would be sailing for Luperon, a 78nm journey. We would be travelling at night because the trade winds blow strong during the day, and settle down at night. I was very nervous. I had heard countless stories of strong winds, huge swells, with growling waves on top of them. The weather was forecast to be light winds with  3 to 5 foot swells, which was perfect, it was a GO.

                                                               Six Hills

  At 6nm an hour we should arrive shortly after 6:30am. With very little sleep for any of us  we started the ocean crossing. It has a bad reputation for being rough, the worst on our journey so far. We both took 1 hour turns at the helm, steering the boat to our destination.

  Well, I'm glad to tell you it was beautiful, a little rough, but that was expected.
The sky was full of stars.
We also witnessed a unusual phenomenon which occurs in these waters. Our boat wake was full of irregular flashes of fluorescent green dots that dotted the water then faded astern of us. They appeared by the hundreds. This romantic scene was caused by the courting ritual of the marine glowworms.
They gave the appearance of stars twinkling in the water, It was incredible.

LAND HO!!!!!!!!!!!!! We arrived in Luperon ,Dominican Republic, at 7:30am