From West End, it was 120 miles over to Great Abaco.
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We spent 4 days on the Little Bahama Banks, located to the north of Grand Bahama Island. It was very windy, and unfortunately on our nose. Motored with help from the cutter sail. Even had to sit out a day in Great Sale Cay. The banks were quite desolate, just miles and miles of 14 foot water. The water was beautiful! Our route was Mangrove Cay to Great Sale Cay to Crab Cay/ Angelfish Point to Green Turtle Cay.
We pulled into The Green Turtle Club Marina in White Sound on Green Turtle Cay. There is a settlement here. Needed a rest! Turned out a guy from Delaware owns this resort. And a sport fisherman generously gave us a big bag of fresh mahi, which we grilled. Watched the guys clean fish and the nurse sharks come in for a feast! We explored the island by bicycle, which wasn't easy on the unpaved roads!
Lunch at The Leeward Yacht Club.
Next we did a day hop over to Great Guana Cay. Had to go through "Whale Cut", which is only doable on fair weather days. It is a cut that takes you out into the Atlantic Ocean for about 5 miles, then back to the Sea of Abaco. All to avoid sandbars. Went to Grabbers Beach Bar and the famous Nippers for a BBQ. Noticed more boats and cruisers out and about now that we were in the protected Sea of Abaco.
From there we sailed to Hopetown, on Elbow Cay. What a picturesque harbor, complete with lighthouse, which we climbed. 101 steps. It is the only remaining kerosene lamp lighthouse, hand lit each night and hand cranked every 2 hours to keep the light rotating. We saw the cutest colorful clapboard cottages in the village.
Met more fellow cruisers and played BINGO at a local bar. Had a single-hander sailor from South Dakota to dinner and it turned out he and Bob grew up together on the same street in Wilmington!
Small world!
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