Wasn’t that a party So after the dry, tobacco free Man O War we (Wendy and Burry) decided to give our guests a break and headed for Treasure Cay. Three things we knew about this Cay was it had a resort, a marina, and a fabulous beach. What we discovered was that asside from the resort, this Cay actually is a small town complete with post office and shopping. Quite the community, including some really nice housing along the canals.
The sail from Man O War was straight forward, winds a bit too far forward to allow pure sailing, but motor sailing worked. Sherry and Jason tried to troll, but caught nothing, so we were faced with going hungry or eat at the resort that night. The entrance is skinny, and so we had to be careful, but once in the basin was great. We hoped for a mooring ball, but turns out they only have three moorings, so down went the hook, which grabbed quickly and proved to be excellent holding.
We arrived on a Thursday, which turned out to be Pizza night at the Tipsy Bar, what great timing. So after a Maggie walk, grabbed a few provisions (Yes Sherry and Jason did get their cigs) and a shower we ajourned to the outdoor bar and ordered our pizzas. After a few rum punches/bahama mamas and some great pizza we were ready to party! A great local singer started up and the night became a blur after that. Must have been a great party, because there were some hurtin peeps aboard next morning!
Next day, after a real slow start, we headed over to the beach. Absolutely incredible, this cresent bay has about 5 miles of a terrific beach, with great sand and gradual slope which means you can walk out over 200m and still have your head above water. About in the middle is a beach bar which also serves lunch menu. What a great day, sun, surf, sand, and great drinks/food.
So now came the time for Sherry and Jason to leave Seahawk and head north. They had flights booked out of Ft Lauderdale so we had to get them to Florida. To do this we took a road trip to the north end of Abaco through small villages to Crown Haven. From there they caught a small ferry to Grand Bahama and then a bus to Freeport for an early next day flight into Fort Lauderdale. Definitely a different route, one much more exciting than the normal tourist routes and a great immersive way to travel with/like a local.
We were going to head straight over to Green Turtle Cay, but weather had other thoughts, so instead we stayed at Treasure Cay for a few more days, enjoying the local area and also making a run via rental car back to Marsh Harbour for a few provisions and parts. One of the places we visited was Abaco Ceramics, a local artist/producer of ceramic dishes and the like. Great patterns and was interesting to see the “factory”. During the last couple of days there the marina was hosting a BBC sponsored fishing compition, was amazing to see the size of some of these sport fishing boats. Huge boats with large crews came from all over, with majority from east coast Florida.
After a few days the weather improved and we were off to Green Turtle Cay, via the Whale passage. After an uneventfull three hours we dropped anchor just outside Green Turtle and began preps for the run out to West End, our launch point for the gulf stream crossing back into Florida.