A PARADISE FOR YACHTING AND FISHING
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The Turks and Caicos is the perfect place for you to own a second home and enjoy the good life. Step out the door to your yacht moored just out front, a few minutes from some of the best sports Þshing on earth. Come ashore to relax on one of our awardwinning beaches and sample the islands’ beachside fresh conch salad or cracked conch.
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In the TCI yachtsmen Þnd state of the art infrastructure and repair and maintenance services: a 20,000 pound marina forklift, 75 ton Travel Lift, Þberglass work, welding, bottom and topside painting, dry and wet storage, repair and repowering of engines and the rebuild and repair of props, rigging, running gear and transmissions. Our marinas have modern amenities and services with slips from 25 to 165’, so we can accommodate almost any size boat.
B RING YOUR OWN YACHT , OR C HAR TER FROM A L OCAL E XPER T Whether you own your own boat or care to go out with one of our expert local charter companies, the Turks and Caicos offer more than 1500 species of Þsh, among them some of the biggest and most combative billÞsh on the planet.
TCI’s many channels, mangroves and coral reefs are a marine life greenhouse, and make us one of the world’s top 20 billÞsh destinations. Between May and September, Þshermen can get 4-5 hookups a day, and Þghts of 30 minutes to 4 hours of blue marlin females up to 800 and
Join the excitement at our
annual billĂžsh tournament males up to 300 pounds. At the beginning of July come to our annual billĂžsh tournament, held to IGFA rules.
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Fish tuna year-round, though most frequently from April to November. Right offshore hook blackÞn, little tunny and slapjack as well. Wahoo and mahi-mahi, caught from November to March, make big game Þshing a year-round sport in TCI. Speeding their 6 feet and 180 pounds through the sea at up to 65 mph, Wahoo will give the best sports Þshermen an intense and unforgettable Þght. The Mahi-mahi bull’s 80 pounds of vivid blues, yellows and greens, and stunning acrobatic jumps up to 6 feet, will
Bottom Þsh for tasty red snapper, grouper and jacks
electrify any sportsÞsherman. And after the sport, the day’s catch at dinner is a delicacy to be relished. Bottom Þsh many species of snapper, including large pink and orange silky queens, among our reefs, where grouper and jacks are also found in large numbers. Fish the bottom to eat at the top, without spending much time and fuel to get to your prize.
TURKS & C AICOS TOURIST O FFICES www.turksandcaicostourism.com Europe 42 Westminster Palace Gardens, 1-7 Artillery Row, London, SW1P 1RR Tel: 020-7222-9024 Fax: 020-7222-9025
Grand Turk P.O. Box 128, Front Street, Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I. Tel: (649) 946-2321 Fax: (649) 946-2733 Email: tci.tourism@tciway.tc
TURNKEY U.S.A. www.turnkeybrochures.com
Providenciales Stubbs Diamond Plaza, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I. Tel: (649) 946-4970 Fax: (649) 941-5494
New York Room 2817, The Lincoln Building, 60 East, 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10165-0015 Tel: (646) 375-8830 Fax: (646) 375-8835 Toll Free: (800) 241-0824
Chicago Tel: (708) 720-9999 Fax: (708) 720-9919 Toll Free: (888) 947-8875 Miami Tel: (786) 290-6199
Canada R.R.# 2 Bancroft, Ontario, K0L 1C0 Cell: (416) 819-4319 Tel: (613) 332-6472 Fax: (613) 332-6473 Toll Free: (866) 413-8875
Photography: J. Horncastle / Turnkey, Tropical Imaging, Mark Woodring, Mark Leat hley / Gwendolyn Fishing Charters, Scopinich Boat Works.
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