Abaco Beach Resort
19 April 2018 | Beach at Treasure Cay
Weather looks better for a few days and we moved again north toward Marsh Harbour. There appears to be a good anchorage just outside the Boat Harbour at Abaco Beach Resort. It is on the back side of Marsh Harbour, well protected from the north with a luxurious resort available close. The resort has an interesting policy, you anchor out free, then dinghy in. For $25 per day you can use their dinghy dock and all the facilities of the resort, showers, laundry, restaurant and bar and they give you a $25 credit against food and drinks at the bar. Now that is a good deal. So for a change, we dinghy in, walk to the best Supermarket in the Bahamas, and come back in the afternoon, get hot showers and lounge around the pool with a Kalik ! Don't tell me this isn't paradise !
Marsh Harbour is the largest City in the Bahamas after Nassau, it has just about everything you need and everything is in easy walking distance. We could walk outside the resort to Queen's Highway and get to downtown in a short time. Marsh Harbour is the only place we visited in the Abacos on previous trips, so it was fun walking by Harbour View Marina and Snapper's where we spent time previously. We enjoyed our stay so much we stayed three days, just relaxing and using the facilities at the resort.
Boat Harbour at the resort is one of the best marinas in the Bahamas and while there we also found out about the Royal Marsh Harbour Yacht Club. Many cruisers consider the Abacos, and Marsh Harbour in particular as their winter destination. They come there and stay all winter. The RMHYC was formed from those cruisers with their base is at the Abaco Beach Resort. The marina gives them significant long term rate reduction for dockage if they get in before December 31st. They can then buy 60, 90 or 120 day rates with their slip held if they want to take a trip within the Abacos for a few days. The Sailing Club does a number or projects (they erected a public dinghy dock in Marsh Harbour) and get discounts throughout the Abacos.