AquaFennatic Great Loop Blog: In the Bahamas! – Abacos – Marsh Harbour to Elbow Cay

Apr 17^th – It was a warm sunny day with moderate winds. We pulled up our anchor from Marsh Harbour and headed East 7 miles to Man-O-War Cay. I’ve read that the holding in this anchorage is poor thus I snorkelled over our anchor and found that it dropped into a bit of a crevice, however I was worried about it coming loose. I found part of an outdrive on the bottom close to our anchor thus I moved it such that it would hold our anchor in the crevice. Afterwards we went to a nearby beach and walked over to the Atlantic side for a swim and body surfing. Next we decided to find a snorkeling spot, however we didn’t find any spots worth bragging about. Then back to the boat to catch some rays on the front while listening to some tunes. Amanda’s mission while she is here is to work on her tan. We wish our son could be here with us … it’s his birthday tomorrow and this will be the first time we won’t be around to celebrate it with him L

Apr 18^th – Happy Birthday Sean! Our son is 26 years old today and this is the first year we haven’t been there to celebrate his birthday … we’ll have to celebrate all the missed birthdays when we get home. It was a hot sunny day with moderate winds. We went for a dingy ride with Hard Dock Cafe to visit the town on Man-O-War Cay and walked around the town and along the beach on the Atlantic side and then had an ice cream. After we returned to the boats we pulled up our anchors from our Man-O-War Cay anchorage and moved 6 miles south to Elbow Cay. We found that another Canadian boat that we had met earlier in our trip was anchored there as well thus we invited them (Harley and Janice on Folly) with Barb and Gerald for cocktails. Then a BBQed dinner followed by cards (Golf) with Hard Dock Café to end the evening. Another action packed day.

Apr 19^th – It was another hot and sunny day with moderate winds. I was running our water maker as we ran the generator this morning and I actually overfilled the tank … a bit of a surprise since the 3 of us had showers yesterday. It’s nice not to have to conserve water when you can make your own. We went for a dingy ride with Hard Dock Café into Hope Town to visit the light house and then walked through town as well as along the beach on the Atlantic side. We had lunch at a local place called Munchies and bought some coconut bread at Vernons and then headed back to the boats. The winds have been relentless thus it appears that we won’t be able to get our daughter Amanda to any of the key snorkeling sites before she has to leave but we did go to a snorkeling site close by over some sunken boats and other wreckage. We did see lots of fish and Amanda got to play with her Go-Pro camera, however the water clarity wasn’t as great as we’ve seen it, most likely because the winds and the waves have been stirring things up. This will be our last night at this anchorage then we’ll need to head back to Marsh Harbour since Amanda flys home on the 21^st.