Leaving Grace Bay had been a hard decision to make, but the weather window came and we had to take advantage of it. We lifted the anchor at round about 6.30 at night and left the peaceful Bay of the Turks and Caicos at 7 pm. I quickly made something to eat for dinner and then we sent Julia and Carlos with some books to bed.We knew that this would be a long passage and we had to sleep in stages. I said to Sven that I would go to bed myself and that he had to wake me up in a few hours so that I can take over. The passage was ok , but at some stage it got quiet rough again, however we felt safe all the way. Luckily the children slept in the
next day and did not wake up until 9.30 and so most of the journey was over by then.... 8 more hours to go. Julia and Carlos did great most of the day and when we finally spotted some land in the distance we were all relieved. At 5 pm in the afternoon we came into the harbour of Luperon..... We were blown away by the different vegetation that greeted us in the Dominican Republic, green and lush bush surrounds the harbour. We are greeted with a warm welcome and everyone helps us to find a good mooring, we also found out that all sailors ( about 25 boats) are meeting for Karaoke that night. This was our chance to meet most of the yachties that are anchored in Luperon Bay in one hit, so we went and had a wonderful time and met lots of other people that are living the same lifestyle that we are living at the moment. However there is one difference, most of the
m have been waiting in Luperon Bay for the "next weather window" for the last two or three years. Why? The people are very friendly, its really cheap to live here and its different to all the places that we have been to yet. We have decided to stay here for a few weeks (at least three) to recover from the long nights that we had. We also would like to pick up some spanish language skills, unfortunatley Julia and Carlos cannot go to school here at present as the children here are on their summer school holidays. What a shame that could have been a break for all of us, never mind! We will still enjoy ourselves and are have some fun .
Leaving Grace Bay had been a hard decision to make, but the weather window came and we had to take advantage of it. We lifted the anchor at round about 6.30 at night and left the peaceful Bay of the Turks and Caicos at 7 pm. I quickly made something to eat for dinner and then we sent Julia and Carlos with some books to bed.We knew that this would be a long passage and we had to sleep in stages. I said to Sven that I would go to bed myself and that he had to wake me up in a few hours so that I can take over. The passage was ok , but at some stage it got quiet rough again, however we felt safe all the way. Luckily the children slept in the 
next day and did not wake up until 9.30 and so most of the journey was over by then.... 8 more hours to go. Julia and Carlos did great most of the day and when we finally spotted some land in the distance we were all relieved. At 5 pm in the afternoon we came into the harbour of Luperon..... We were blown away by the different vegetation that greeted us in the Dominican Republic, green and lush bush surrounds the harbour. We are greeted with a warm welcome and everyone helps us to find a good mooring, we also found out that all sailors ( about 25 boats) are meeting for Karaoke that night. This was our chance to meet most of the yachties that are anchored in Luperon Bay in one hit, so we went and had a wonderful time and met lots of other people that are living the same lifestyle that we are living at the moment. However there is one difference, most of the
m have been waiting in Luperon Bay for the "next weather window" for the last two or three years. Why? The people are very friendly, its really cheap to live here and its different to all the places that we have been to yet. We have decided to stay here for a few weeks (at least three) to recover from the long nights that we had. We also would like to pick up some spanish language skills, unfortunatley Julia and Carlos cannot go to school here at present as the children here are on their summer school holidays. What a shame that could have been a break for all of us, never mind! We will still enjoy ourselves and are have some fun .
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