So to recap :
We left Great Guana first thing in the morning and had a good sail over to Treasure Cay. It's amazing sailing and being in the middle of the sea of Abaco and still be in only roughly 13-15 ft of water - the ocean so clear that you can see the bottom. It kinda makes the shallow bits really unnerving :) It was an easy sail and we soon reached our destination. We left Kinky Turtle and went for a lovely stroll through town to the beach. The beach is over 3miles long and looks as if it has been used for many a front cover of holiday brochures - bright blue ocean as far the eye can see, fine white endless sand and the odd bar thrown in for good measure. We made our way back to the path and found we were a bit further away than anticipated, which was fine - it was interesting to see how one side of the road had been developed with hotels, homes and holiday lets and the other had been left to its own devices and just grown.
We made it back to the marina and treated ourselves to a shower and said we would meet at the bar. Two Sands beers (I like them) and dads tropical punch with rum later and we headed back to the boat. We ate, facetimed family, snuggled down and slept - day 5.
We started early out of Treasure Cay to make the most of the day as the weather has been all over the shop this week. We made the right decision, we sailed out to be greeted by bright blue skies and perfect winds for our direction. We screamed across the bluest of blue water - an absolutely brilliant sail across to Man Of War, everything in our favour. We reached Man of War just in time, picked up a mooring - out of wifi range - grabbed our things and headed to the Dock n Dine. I was looking forward to this my first fresh fish supper (was lunch actually but felt later). I ordered the Mahi Mahi and a beer and was promptly told it was a dry island - shame would have gone nicely with my lunch:) However did not change an immensely enjoyable lunch - Mahi Mahi is a very tasty fish, pretty colours too. As we ate lunch we watched the rain come down and when it eased off we headed for a walk towards the beach - would have been rude not to stop off for some dessert at the ice cream parlour. Mahoosive helpings of ice cream in hand we headed to the beach only to be distracted by the odd gift shop - children would never forgive me going home empty handed. I had every intention of swimming in the ocean but when we reached the beach the waves were crashing and we both felt it was probably best left:( We walked aways along the beach and again we snuck through to the main road, slightly off course - must start paying more attention on our lil strolls:) Made it back to the marina and decided to go back to the boat as the weather was starting to look a little off with great grey clouds looming. No sooner had we got back the rain poured and continued for the best part of two hours and when the rain let up the wind came. It was defo movie night on the Kinky Turtle and we had some beers;) On going to bed I heard this kind of buzzing static noise - turns out its thought to be krill eating the stuff off of the bottom of the boat - very cool! Day 6
Again an early ish start, sun was out and the winds were still there but not as harsh. We went out of Man Of War stuck a tiny bit of the jib out (not much bigger than a handkerchief:) and again raced along at some 4.7knts - beautiful sail - only thing I've noticed is that it doesn't take long to get anywhere around here. Still amazed by the oceans colours and depth or lack of - it really is the best way to see the Bahamas. We hurtled across to Marsh Harbor as I have an early date with a taxi tomorrow morning. Couldn't get on to a pontoon - would have been too luxurious anyway and anchored. We decided to reward ourselves with a little lazy time and I made the most of the sunshine on deck:) However as the afternoon wore on, the ominous grey clouds that have been following us were arriving. We grabbed our things and made a hasty exit to try and make the most of Marsh Harbour before the storm hit. We managed to get a mile and a half up the road before we decided to go and hold up in Snappas for more Mahi Mahi (although Dad had a burger and was longingly looking at my fish dish:) and a few beverages - yay not a dry island:) Just as we were ordering our tea the rain came - perfect timing. As we were sat eating lovely food, drinking lovely beer - I made a squeaky noise and pointed and there in the harbor were two dolphins! An absolutely splendid way to bring this whole amazing journey to a perfect end. I feel I have really seen a huge part of the Abacus and made the most of the opportunities I could with weather permitting. Dad has been such fun to explore with and also great company to laze with. Snorkeling was amazing and the difference between just off the beach at Hope Town and off the dive drop at Fowl Cay was really interesting. Fowl Cay was so clear and had an abundance of flora/coral on the reef which was beautiful and very different to Hope Town. Also at Fowl Cay you had the Reef on one side and as you turned and looked behind you there was just ocean to infinity and beyond it seemed. I really liked the harbor as Great Guana, think because it was surrounded by trees and the water was clear and you could see the bottom. Hope Town is a great place to mooch and has a lovely community vibe - seeing the kids catch the school boat was a new one for me. So basically all in all and everything said and done - it's been a wonderful experience and I feel so lucky to have seen it all from the Kinky Turtle with her Captan my Dad - Day 7
Safe travels homewards X
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