2 Gringos in the Caribbean

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:19:42 +0000BoatsProvidencialesIsland LifePine CayDooleyIsland House BuildingSouth Side MarinaPreacherWeatherCaicos BanksDIYShipwrecksInflatable KayakKAPFishLeewardMiddle CaicosTwisted SheetsUnderwater PhotographyUninhabited CaysBeachSherlock's MarinaBob's BarCaicos Marina and Shipyard;ConchTandem Island KayakHurricanesLeeward Going ThroughSamuraiWest CaicosBoatyardHaitian SloopsLand RoversCatalac 12MOff CayJRNorth CaicosSapodilla BaySloopsAerialsBeachcombingJoe HammerheadOff RoadPine Cay AquariumTiki HutTurtle CoveDa Conch ShackFishingGrace BayKrazy BargainsCanalsCapt BobChristmasFroggyBlue Haven MarinaCoral ReefFive CaysGoPro CameraKitesModel SloopsSUPSailingSouth CaicosStar of the SeaWater Cay3D PrinterCockburn HarbourLittle Five CaysMeridian ClubSouth DockTurtle RockBahamasBob PrattCaicos Marina and ShipyardCatamaransCavesChalk SoundCooper Jack BayCruisersDevil's CutDooley's SummerGilley'sIreneKalooki'sLittle Water CayOspreyOsprey RockSail ProvoSalt CaySchoonerSharksStanleyStateside for Hurricane SeasonTaylor BayTreasure SeekerAmanyaraArielleBay CayBelugaBlue HillsBoat DIYBugaloo's Conch CrawlConch BoatsConch FarmDaniel's CafeDiscovery Bay CanalsDolphusDooley CamDriftwoodFedExFrench CayFt GeorgeHannaHarbour Club Villas and MarinaHobieIguanasIkeJonasJuba SalinaLa Familia ExpressLionfishLong CayLuluM/V Sea of LoveMalcolm BeachMudjin HarbourPirateboatSailrockSkiffSusan & LAYachts3 Mary CaysAB 116Abraham's BayAdvent IIAlton HiggsAndiamoAtaberyaAvatarBamberraBat RayBell SoundBoat LifeBonefishingBottle CreekCapt Jimmy LeeCay LimeCheshire HallChikungunyaChildren's ParkClimbing the MastConch 'n GritsConch BarConch CayConch FestivalDevonDive ProvoDonna CutDoolance Winchester McDogDooley the DepartedDove CayEast Bay ResortEast CaicosFFB 97Fiberglass RepairFiddleFlamingo LakeFort GeorgeGallant LadyGreen LightsGrouper HoleGulf Stream CrossingGunboatGust MotorsHawksbill VillageHeaving Down RockHot and HumidHouse for SaleHovercraftIguana IslandIron ShoreJay StubbsJim HillKiteboardingLorimersM/Y AM/Y PollyMangrove CayMiddensMiddleton CayMudjin Harbour Bar and GrillNeem TreeNicro Solar Vents RepairOcean Club EastOld Bahama BayPhoenixPlane WreckPortaBotePrinceProvo RadioQuadcopterRockRuinsRussian Billionaire's Yacht AS/V LeelaS/V PilgrimSailing ParadiseSandbore ChannelSapodilla HillSeaview MarinaSix Hill CaySmith's ReefSouth Caicos USCG StationSouth Caicos and Beach ResortSteel Water Tank RepairStingraySwedesT&C AggressorTCI Cruising PermitTCI Paint SupplyThe BightTrishTropical Storm CristobalUAVUbeVelma 'Pop'WaspsWeldingWest Harbour BluffWil ClaussenWild Cow RunWomen Who SailYallaZacks/v CLV2 Gringos in the CaribbeanA personal journal of life as American expats in<br>the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indieshttp://2gringos.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (La Gringa)Blogger354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-7928888296754314411Mon, 25 Jul 2016 23:48:00 +00002018-10-13T22:49:27.684-04:00East Bay ResortHovercraftSailrockSeaview MarinaSouth CaicosSouth Caicos and Beach ResortAdios Big SouthThis post includes the blog equivalent of leftover images of our car trip on South Caicos and some views of old buildings from various places. And some final thoughts on the place. This was also Dooley's last trip with us so it's also kind of a nostalgic thing. It still squeezes my heart a tiny bit to think of us carrying on without the little booger. After our self-guided and extended tourhttp://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/07/adios-big-south.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-6667389949646282260Thu, 26 May 2016 19:24:00 +00002016-05-29T10:21:25.035-04:00Bell SoundCockburn HarbourEast CaicosSailrockSouth CaicosSouth Caicos USCG StationTwisted SheetsVelma 'Pop' North Side of South As I continue to shamelessly squeeze this South Caicos sailing trip for all it's worth. We really got into the swing of being anchored at Cockburn Harbour.  It didn't take long for life on the hook to settle into a very comfortable routine. All the little worries of sailing our floating home to an unfamiliar place faded as we became accustomed to the next new normal.   I'll http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/05/north-side-of-south.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-528708838888533339Sat, 14 May 2016 13:50:00 +00002016-05-14T12:36:20.128-04:00Cockburn HarbourConch CayDooley the DepartedMiddensMiddleton CaySouth CaicosTwisted SheetsMarvelous Middens of Middleton  This was a  difficult post. I was just finishing it up  when our beloved little dog Dooley died unexpectedly.  I wasn't sure how to address it in the blog.  I've decided to go ahead and post the remaining chapters of our South Caicos trip including the photos of Dooley.  We know he had a few fans looking forward to his next adventure.  He was a much loved http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/05/marvelous-middens-of-middleton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3841924077552759294Thu, 05 May 2016 19:31:00 +00002016-05-06T12:07:12.617-04:00AerialsCockburn HarbourConch BoatsDooleyKAPLong CaySouth CaicosTwisted SheetsA Short Look at a Long Cay We spent a couple of weeks anchored in Cockburn Harbour over on the far side of this little tropical island nation. We were in a beautiful anchorage, tucked up under the lee of the island of South Caicos.  It was the first time we've been able to actually go somewhere new in the sailboat since we got it down here. Our previous post has some photos of the http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-short-look-at-long-cay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-7446690531634594287Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:50:00 +00002016-04-24T19:49:27.510-04:00Caicos BanksCockburn HarbourConch BoatsDove CayLong CaySix Hill CaySouth CaicosHeaded to 'Big South'We're mentally kicking ourselves for waiting all these years to visit South Caicos. We've had  opportunities from time to time but it always just seemed to be more  of a hassle than we were prepared to take on at that particular moment.  Some of you must know that feeling when it's something you've wanted to do, but just not right now.  http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/04/twisted-sheets-to-south-caicos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-8798600272485090668Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:39:00 +00002016-11-26T21:09:01.099-05:00DooleySapodilla BayTaylor BayThe Ruin of Dick Clark This is yet another Sapodilla sunrise from  yet another morning on the hook.  We've been fine tuning the boat getting ready to leave Provo for a slightly more serious excursion.   We're thinking of heading someplace we've never been before.   But then again, we're pretty much always doing that.   Sometimes we're better at it than we are at other times.   &http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-ruin-of-dick-clark.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-5633005619256945407Sun, 10 Apr 2016 15:41:00 +00002016-04-10T12:06:11.029-04:00KAPKitesSandbore ChannelSapodilla BaySapodilla HillSouth Side MarinaTwisted SheetsWest CaicosPoking Around the Islands This is going to be really similar to the previous post about our first mini-shakedown cruise on Twisted Sheets. We finally got out of the marina and anchored over in Sapodilla Bay for a week.  We embraced the realities of living on the boat and off the grid. Well, embraced might be too friendly a word. We unplugged from the island. &http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/04/poking-around-islands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4311860732091353854Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:51:00 +00002016-04-01T08:25:59.126-04:00FedExJonasSapodilla BayTwisted SheetsZackBack on Board We've been working on an old sailboat for years now. Fond families and favored friends who've faithfully followed our foolish and frustrated follies found some fun in our flummonoxities.  Is that even a word?  They've watched our glacial progress since we first struggled to sail it down to the islands  in 2012.   That 40 http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/03/back-on-board.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-589674770662145440Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:44:00 +00002016-03-17T12:03:20.320-04:00Abraham's BayAdvent IIAtaberyaAvatarBat RayBlue Haven MarinaBob PrattFFB 97Kalooki'sM/V Sea of LovePirateboatPortaBoteS/V PilgrimSouth Side MarinaTCI Cruising PermitLots of Boats with Most AfloatThis post got a little bit out of hand.  I was looking through all the  various boat photos that have been accumulating over the last few weeks and decided to lump them together into one blog post.  I just didn't realize how many there were.  Boats are very much a major topic with us these days as we transition from being land based residentshttp://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/03/lots-of-boats-with-most-afloat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-472555850008645366Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:15:00 +00002016-02-18T16:49:21.286-05:00BeachCooper Jack BaySapodilla BaySouth DockSouth Side MarinaTurtle RockYachtsYallaMore Messing Around This is about the remainder of our little bouncy rubber boatie trip out to Turtle Rock and back last week.   We got beat up in squall chop. There might be a blues song in there somewhere.  Makes me want to grab my fiddle...  "I got beat up by squall chop, mama. My rear end's wet and my back is sore.. All whacked up by that squall chophttp://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/02/more-messing-around.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-275581495460676788Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:44:00 +00002016-02-10T15:36:00.750-05:00Provo RadioSapodilla BayShipwrecksSouth DockSouth Side MarinaTaylor BayTurtle RockMessing Around  "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." (from "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame)   I've used that old quote in an early blog post back in '08.  But it still fit when we decided to go messing around in a small boat again this past week.  I'm pretty sure this isn't http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/02/messing-around.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-7488816732108261589Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:05:00 +00002016-01-22T09:05:50.570-05:00BeachCapt BobDevil's CutPine CayBeach Break We're taking a break from  the string of Providenciales photos that have been posted here lately. For what seems like forever, actually.  I know that you find our tales of South Side Marina to be consistently fascinating.  And that the never ending tedium of grungy old boat work captures your rapt attention in exciting new ways that defy http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2016/01/beach-break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4853623685794748868Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:12:00 +00002015-12-12T16:57:24.340-05:00Gust MotorsJim HillJim Hill's BushI'm going to  write about something other than boat issues this time.  It's not easy to ignore them while living in the middle of them.  But we all need a break from time to time.  Me from whining about boat repairs and you from reading about my whining about boat repairs.  So we'll write about a couple of days when I actually managed to step away from boat projects.http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/12/im-going-to-try-to-write-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-2576927203261219504Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:59:00 +00002015-12-05T05:58:21.149-05:00Boat LifeBob's BarWomen Who SailBugging Out on the BoatAbraham Maslow once nearly said: When the only tool you have is a hammer, all of your problems start looking like nails. And for this post, alas, I find myself with no sunrises worth visually repeating.   There are reasons for that, but it's sometimes a very thin line between a reason and an excuse and I've already made enough excuses so reaching into my growing apron of nails I'll start it http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/12/bugging-out-on-boat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4662038064182002300Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:47:00 +00002015-11-23T16:12:55.053-05:00Bob PrattBob's BarCatalac 12MFive CaysHarbour Club Villas and MarinaM/V Sea of LoveSouth Side MarinaMangled Up in Blue I assured you that I'd try to avoid these long drawn-out blog posts.  And I try.  Honest, I really do.  The long posts are time consuming. I much prefer the short ones I can knock off as quick as I can process the photos and write a few captions. And then time goes by and we get caught up in the stuff that we seem to keep getting tangled up in.  And then eventually some http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/11/mangled-up-in-blue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3080351733370257198Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:28:00 +00002015-11-17T20:11:01.303-05:00Dooley's SummerStateside for Hurricane SeasonSlowly Sliding South Seeking Sealevel The Third and Final Chapter in the Saga of Dooley's Summer Anyone who's been paying much  attention to us knows  that the previous two blog posts have been from the possible perspective of Dooley the Demented.   I don't quite understand how he learned to type, but he's always been a little bit... different.  If you http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/11/slowly-sliding-south-seeking-sealevel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-5842933231951639492Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:46:00 +00002015-11-03T10:29:21.989-05:00Dooley's SummerStateside for Hurricane SeasonLost in the Ozone, Again. Really. The Second Sub-Chapter From Dooley the Dejected   A Captive Island Dog A Long Way from Home     Well, hello again.  This is another post from somewhere up  in the mountains about the strange summer of Dooley the Demented.  No, it's not about the islands.  The islands are a land of blue and white and turquoise.   This land http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/09/lost-in-ozone-again-really.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3920419077000519155Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:02:00 +00002015-11-03T10:29:44.903-05:00Dooley's SummerStateside for Hurricane SeasonDooley Shanghaied!!  The True Story of an Island Dog  Unwillingly Transported to an Alien Landscape! I'm just a simple island dog. I've been living on a tropical island for ten years. Ok, so I'm an OLD island dog.  I answer to Dooley, most of the time.  When I feel like it, basically.   I'm good at the old "No Habla" thing. I learned that from watching cats.&http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/09/dooley-shanghaied.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-2315239160880715163Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:14:00 +00002015-08-04T09:14:47.135-04:00Harbour Club Villas and MarinaHarbour Club Villas and Marina I ended the previous post with a photo of  Harbour Club Villas and Marina’s sign.  I shamelessly used that nice graphic as a sunset image to conform with the way we like to historically end our blog posts.   You may have noticed that the majority of these posts start with a sunrise photo and end with  a colorful sunset.  Usually from our patio, http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/08/harbour-club-villas-and-marina.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-6688973699683777259Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:53:00 +00002015-07-11T12:53:15.026-04:00Voluntary VagabondsThere's been a  lot going on in the Gringo household these past few months. I have a bunch of photos about it, but it's not very tropical looking.  It is about our life here, and since that's supposed to be the theme of this blog  I think I'll try for two quick posts in succession.  This one will be mostly about what we've been doing, and then I'll put up http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/07/voluntary-vagabonds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-5182584028015183800Wed, 27 May 2015 00:10:00 +00002015-05-27T10:27:26.485-04:00Meridian ClubPine CayWil ClaussenA Fresh Look At Pine CayWe're going to do something completely different this week.  We've got some really nice photos of Pine Cay, and we didn't take any of them.   When I say nice photos, I really do mean nice ones.  Like a sunrise with stars behind a beach cottage, for example.  Wil Claussen is a family friend and  photographer from Colorado. You've seen him in this blog before if you've http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/05/wil-claussens-images-of-pine-cay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-199149391411205063Tue, 19 May 2015 01:43:00 +00002015-05-20T21:18:12.316-04:00Bob Pratts/v CLVSouth Side MarinaFixing the Stick The boat on the right is the s/v CLV, which we have learned is short for C'est La Vie.  Cool.   In last weeks' post  this 10m boat had pulled into South Side Marina. with three Swedes and a busted  main halyard sheave  They had to pull the mast off the boat to fix it.   They asked Bob Pratt for help. Bob Pratt is the guy in the blue and white shirt.  Bob http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/05/fixing-stick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4771859731472476027Tue, 12 May 2015 11:08:00 +00002015-05-12T09:42:21.799-04:00BeachcombingKiteboardingSouth Side MarinaSwedesTropical Regression I 'd like to take a half hour or so of your time  just to report all the fantastic fun stuff we did this week.  I really would.  But my nose would probably grow to the point where I'd run out of seat adjustment in the car if I did. Because it's been another week of working on the boat.  And if I listed all of the images that come to my mind when I think of refitting thishttp://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/05/tropical-regression.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3434186557072409606Mon, 04 May 2015 17:28:00 +00002015-05-04T14:47:46.769-04:00AB 116Blue Haven MarinaGallant LadyGunboatHawksbill VillageHot and HumidKalooki'sPrinceYachtsIndian Summerlike I like to open these posts  up with a good sunrise photo when I can.  And I usually can.  Even on this new weekly schedule, there seems to be a decent sunrise or two out of seven.  Not this week.   This is what our mornings have been looking like lately. We seem to have lost  track of our horizons. This is the first coffee view here on a day headed for 92 http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/05/indian-summerlike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-1970424135967903490Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:24:00 +00002015-04-28T12:40:12.551-04:00Bob's BarBonefishingFlamingo LakeHouse for SaleJuba SalinaSteel Water Tank RepairTanks, But No Tanks. This blog-a-week schedule has  caught up with me.  And left me in the dust. The sun popped up into clear skies this morning and woke me with a tropical slap to the old optic nerves. I think I prefer cloudy dawns to the solar icepick-from-the-cosmos alarm clock   But  I suddenly realized that today is Monday and that we did absolutely nothing of any interest whatsoever this http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2015/04/tanks-but-no-tanks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)5