Man of War Cay
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Fri 3 Jul 2009 21:47
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26:35.91N 077:00.82W Man of War
Cay
This small island is north of Marsh Harbour were we have
been for the last week or so. The weather has been miserable, with lots and lots
of rain. It reminded us of Cape Town, those days when it just does not stop, not
for a minute. Not much to report from Marsh Harbour. Good news is that we seem
to be back to regular sub-tropical summer weather, i.e. sunshine and the
occasional thundershower.
Man of War cay, like Hopetown was settled by Loyalists
fleeing South Carolina, (to be loyal to Britain) during the American
revolution. However there is nothing "British" about this island or any of
the other Bahamian islands - they are very American due to the proximity to
Florida - about 250 kms from the Abacos. It is a tiny island, no
cars, just golf carts, and pretty little wooden houses.
  The cars in town
can you see the sign
..it says "Queen's Highway" ha..ha
You may remember from my blog of the Exuma islands, that
certain families dominate - in Man of War Cay (and much of the Abacos islands)
it is the Albury's. It would seem that everyone here is called Albury or related
to Albury, unlike the Rolle's - this family is white. They are great boat
builders here and have a design of motor boat/ runabout similar to a Boston
Whaler that is very popular. We also visited the sail -loft, that is also
owned by an Albury and rather than fix sails, the local ladies now make
canvas bags for the tourists - with these ancient machines. We also met another
Albury, a man of about 60, a model boat builder who has 8 siblings, and
they all live on this tiny island, as do many of their children. By the
time we headed back to the boat, I am sure I could hear "duelling
banjo's".
 Sewing the bags!
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