Breeze On was on her way out of Hope Town on the 5:30 am high tide today, about an hour before sunrise. George used a spotlight to light the mooring balls in the harbor so that I wouldn’t snag them in our way out. We sailed, then motored 20 miles south in the Sea of Abaco to Lynyard Cay. The Sea of Abaco is quite wide but also shallow so we zigged and zagged around the most shallow areas. Our anchorage is lovely, with a small, pretty beach and a cruiser gathering area named for an Uncle Charlie. We dinghied ashore for a walk on the beach and then sat on the chairs in the shade for a while. On our way to the beach we used the look bucket to check the set of our new anchor and were quite pleased to see that it is well set in grass. We had trouble getting our last anchor to set in grass. The Mantus company claims that their anchors are the best for setting in grass—as well as other conditions—and so far it has lived up to the hype.
I was getting some extra steps in while George took a break. The lighter colored water has a sandy bottom. The darker color has a grassy bottom. You can see that there is quite a bit of grass where we are anchored.
A nice gathering area on the beach.
A view of the Atlantic from Little Harbour. Those same waves roll into the cut and made for a wild dinghy ride.
Pete’s Pub.
In the afternoon we dinghied two miles to Little Harbour to eat at Pete’s Pub. There is indeed a small harbor at Little Harbour with a number of mooring balls. However, the entrance is quite shallow and we could barely make it in at high tide. Since we left Hope Town at high tide the next high tide at Little Harbour wouldn’t be until the evening. The dinghy ride was quite a wild one, across a cut with 3-4 ft waves rolling in. George handled it well and we made it there and back safely, if a bit damp. After lunch we stopped in the bronze sculpture gallery and asked about a tour of the foundry. We were fortunate that Brandon was available to show us how their bronze sculptures are made. They are beautiful and take months to complete.
I was getting some extra steps in while George took a break. The lighter colored water has a sandy bottom. The darker color has a grassy bottom. You can see that there is quite a bit of grass where we are anchored.
A nice gathering area on the beach.
A view of the Atlantic from Little Harbour. Those same waves roll into the cut and made for a wild dinghy ride.
Pete’s Pub.
Pete’s pub looks like a fun place!
ReplyDeleteIt is. Their tag line used to be “Where the elite meet to eat in their bare feet.”
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