With the New Year’s holiday over, we took a taxi into town at Marsh Harbour Tuesday morning, in order to look into an additional data plan. Now we are covered by both BTC and Aliv, which means we don’t need to be in a marina and should be good to go. So, go, we did – left the marina in our wake to get back on the hook, this time, Man O War Cay. Aaah. Solitude again. The anchorage was a bit breezy and rolly but nothing SaltyMare couldn’t take in stride. That is one of the reasons the Bahamas are so alluring to cruisers, a seemingly endless supply of little islands. In the Abacos, several are inhabited and have the neatest little communities. The Albury family has been building boats on Man O War for about 70 years, first wood and now fiberglass. About 15 years ago, they expanded to Riveria Beach in Florida. It’s a cool story. https://www.alburybrothers.com/
The next day we walked into town on Man O War and then hit the beach for some in-the-water fun with John and Madeleine from Chanceux and Eddie and Jennifer from Kaikos, who were kind enough to let us try their inflatable standup paddle boards. We both did great! Until we didn’t. Splash! No way to hide that gracefully.
That night there were five or six boats anchored nearby.
WRECKED ON MAN-O-WAR REEF 1862. CANNON RECOVERED BY VERNON ALBURY AND OTHERS ON WM. D. LEE’S M.V. LUCAYO IN 1949.
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