Ship Ahoy for Six Months!

Entering Grand Lucayan Waterway 

Well after a nice respite at the Ocean Reef, we are off for the Abaco Islands. The Abacos consists of islands. We will spend a month or so exploring it.  The biggest city of five thousand habitants is at Marsh Harbor.

As we left the Grand Bahama Island, we travelled north on the Grand Lucayan Waterway. It is a fourteen kilometre journey north. The canal is dredged coral rock. It is lined with cement breakwalls. There are mostly abandoned resorts and homes with a few newer ones too. We originally planned on tying on the wall. When we arrived at the north entrance, the tide was rising, so we proceeded to our next anchorage. It was a good decision because the walls are full of poisonous plants similar to poison ivy.

Never completed

The opening of the sea is called the flats. The water is crystal clear and even though we are in the channel markers, it seems that there is no water.  We travelled like that for a few miles. That is why you want to leave on a rising tide.

Exiting the Waterway

We anchored at Sail Cay, it is in the middle of nowhere. We are in the Atlantic Ocean,  but surrounded by small islands. There were eight boats at our anchorage. We went exploring by dinghy and we saw a big mud shark and other sea creatures. We walked the beach on this very coarse sand.

On our way to the next anchorage, we tried fishing. We ate steak that night. We were at Crab Cay. We found some interesting holes and sunken ships there. There were several sting rays too. They seem to be everywhere in the Bahama. At this anchorage, we were six boats.

The third stop was supposed to be Green Turtle Bay, but as we neared we realized we had ideal conditions to cross the "whale" into the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Abacos. It is a notoriously dangerous crossing, So, we adjusted our destination and proceeded to Treasure Cay.  It was perfect! The ocean was calm and we were surrounded by other boaters.

We arrived at Treasure Cay, a private resort. It is listed as one of the top ten beaches of the world by National Geographic.  It is the nicest sand I have ever walked on and miles of it.  Wow!

Marina view

Beach side

We travelled for couple of days to reach this north east area of the Atlantic Ocean. The water was calm. It was ideal boating weather.  Once we arrived at Treasure Cay, our plans changed as the winds picked up. A few days at this idealic beach turned into a week. We walked for miles, we had some delicious meals by the water. We found a beach club that allows you to use all the facilities, even kayaks for the price of a drink. The food was delicious there.

We also celebrated our third country, our halfway point of our Loop, our arrival into the Abacos and our 6th month on the Loop. We really are making a lot of first and reaching milestones. It's easy to check off some items on your bucket list while doing the Loop.

Sixth month!

Saturday will be our last day in this paradise. If you are looking for a little beach hideaway, I recommend Treasure Cay.

Now we will explore more of the Abacos.
The map below is our six months journey thus far. We don't seem to be going far, but when you look on the map it is amazing.

Thank you for your coments, it pleases us to share our adventures with you.
No quote this time. Instead, I'm suggesting you listen to my favorite song. My Way by Frank Sinatra.
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