On To Luperon to Prepare for Our Sail to The Turks and Caicos
- svliahona0
- Mar 28
- 2 min read
We had planned to stop for the night at a bay about halfway to Luperon. When we arrived there, it was much too rolly for comfort, so we went on. It took 26 hours to get to Luperon. Tim did most of the sail there, although I did a watch for about five hours in the dark of night. When we arrived at the anchorage, it was difficult to see the entrance. We almost went into the rocks. I called a friend/mentor who gave us the telephone number for a man who rents mooring balls. He met us outside the entrance and escorted us to a mooring. Thank you, Papo!
The Dominican Republic is known to cruisers as a strict customs and immigration stop. Richard had introduced himself at the dinghy dock as a customs agent, there to assist us in checking out of the country. He showed us around and made sure we would not have any problems checking out. He was quite the businessman. With his help, we were permitted to stay another two nights in the country if we did not enter the grounds. We were very happy about this, as going straight to Grand Turk would have taken an addition 16 hours, or so. I am not ready to do a two-night sail.
There is a large cruisers community in Luperon. I was able to get fresh eggs, bread and brownies delivered to our boat. We found someone to pick up our trash. In addition, we received an invite to a dinner party for that night. We would have stayed longer in Luperon, but we had a good sailing window for the following day. And we found two boats who were also going our way.
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