We left Man-O-War a few days ago to make the 17 mile trip to Treasure Cay in light wind with a slight chop—a perfect powerboat day. High clocking winds are forecast and we are going into Treasure Cay Marina rather than anchor in this protected harbor as we are having a few problems with our generator completely charging the batteries (we need to run it longer) and the macerator was tripping the circuit breaker (discharges quickly and less time needed).
Treasure Cay is not really an island but a peninsula on Great Abaco Island and is a resort development with a spectacular 3 1/2 mile beach, Coco Beach Restaurant on the ocean side and Spinnaker and Tipsy Seagull Tiki Bar Restaurants on the Sea of Abaco side, 150 slip marina, pool, golf course, rental condos and dive shop. Close by is an interesting array of shops, including La Florance Café and Bakery and the largest grocery shop in the Abacos, Golden Harvest Supermarket, which would be more like a small IGA on the mainland. With all of these amenities, Treasure Cay is more of a tourist destination than a Bahamian village and we prefer the latter.
On our first day, we did major beach time as we knew it would windy and cold the next two days. We enjoyed the complimentary beach chairs and umbrellas and did long walks on the hard pack beach at low tide. I tried it at high tide also and it was like slogging through 12 inches of snow. I love to walk and found miles of roads that wove back and forth between the ocean and the Sea of Abaco with ‘Greenways to the Beach” signs posted to indicate trails to various beaches.
Then the ferocious winds started and howled for 2 days with wind gusts to 42 mph. There is a land parcel here on Sunrise Point offered for a reduced price of $799,000 but the previous house was blown over in a hurricane. Even though new homes are being built with reinforced concrete and cement, Mother Nature will always win. We were glad that we were securely tied to a dock. We almost lost our AGLCA burgee as one line broke off. Moored and anchored boats had a very hard time and about 8 of these boats came into the marina and had some very difficult docking maneuvers.
We were delighted to have the company again of Lew and Florrie from “Harmony” and Canadians, Patty and Emery from “Honeywind”.
Junkanoo is a Bahamian Christmas festival which is actually more similar to Mardi Gras with elaborate, colorful costumes and dancing. This year, the local Treasure Cay Explorers won the Junkanoo competition and were scheduled to do a performance here on 4/8 but it was postponed at the last minute until Tuesday, 4/14. This local talent is the real treasure of Treasure Cay. However, Bob and I had talked about starting to head east towards FL when we get weather windows. Will we get to see the Treasure Cay Explorers Junkanoo on 4/14??? Stay tuned.
Treasure Cay is not really an island but a peninsula on Great Abaco Island and is a resort development with a spectacular 3 1/2 mile beach, Coco Beach Restaurant on the ocean side and Spinnaker and Tipsy Seagull Tiki Bar Restaurants on the Sea of Abaco side, 150 slip marina, pool, golf course, rental condos and dive shop. Close by is an interesting array of shops, including La Florance Café and Bakery and the largest grocery shop in the Abacos, Golden Harvest Supermarket, which would be more like a small IGA on the mainland. With all of these amenities, Treasure Cay is more of a tourist destination than a Bahamian village and we prefer the latter.
On our first day, we did major beach time as we knew it would windy and cold the next two days. We enjoyed the complimentary beach chairs and umbrellas and did long walks on the hard pack beach at low tide. I tried it at high tide also and it was like slogging through 12 inches of snow. I love to walk and found miles of roads that wove back and forth between the ocean and the Sea of Abaco with ‘Greenways to the Beach” signs posted to indicate trails to various beaches.
Then the ferocious winds started and howled for 2 days with wind gusts to 42 mph. There is a land parcel here on Sunrise Point offered for a reduced price of $799,000 but the previous house was blown over in a hurricane. Even though new homes are being built with reinforced concrete and cement, Mother Nature will always win. We were glad that we were securely tied to a dock. We almost lost our AGLCA burgee as one line broke off. Moored and anchored boats had a very hard time and about 8 of these boats came into the marina and had some very difficult docking maneuvers.
We were delighted to have the company again of Lew and Florrie from “Harmony” and Canadians, Patty and Emery from “Honeywind”.
Junkanoo is a Bahamian Christmas festival which is actually more similar to Mardi Gras with elaborate, colorful costumes and dancing. This year, the local Treasure Cay Explorers won the Junkanoo competition and were scheduled to do a performance here on 4/8 but it was postponed at the last minute until Tuesday, 4/14. This local talent is the real treasure of Treasure Cay. However, Bob and I had talked about starting to head east towards FL when we get weather windows. Will we get to see the Treasure Cay Explorers Junkanoo on 4/14??? Stay tuned.
