Little Harbour to Man o' War Cay and back to Marsh Harbour
AJAYA'S CRUISE
Phil & Nikki Hoskins
Sat 30 Jan 2010 19:54
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26:35.70N, 77.00.384W Man o' War Cay
We enjoyed two very pleasant nights at Little
Harbour, where our friends Steve and Sheila were able to head off
to Winding Bay courtesy of a local resident and his quad bike
(lucky devils). Sundowners at Pete's Pub were the order of the day before we
finally left early on Thursday morning to have breakfast anchored off Lynyard
Cay before heading northwards once more through the Sea of Abaco to spend the
night at Man o' War Cay.
On the way we decided to try the fishing again. An
early success proved so small to be worthy of not keeping (the fish heartily
agreed) so he/she went back in to live for a few more days. Then we did have a
good strike but it got away and that was that for the day. We'll keep trying
though.
Man o' War proved to be a facinating stopover.
Populated by loyalists that escaped the American Revolution, it's famous for
boatbuilding and for having lots of people with the surname of Albury, which
originates from East Anglia region of UK. Just about everyone
there seems to be an Albury - Real Estate, the local ferry,
boatbuilding, canvas work and much more. Like one big family really, all
like to chat and show you what they are doing in their respective crafts. The
Cay is also known for its alcohol restriction. You can't even buy a can of beer
let alone a bottle of rum. But we had a great meal in the restaurant at the end
of the dock looking over the harbour. We of course left the place
just as sober as we had arrived. But we did declare Ajaya an alcohol full zone
so the after dinner drinks were once again comprised of the devils own
brew.
   Phil & Sheila survey the pool at
Man o' War
Marina
Local boatbuilding at it's best - how pretty is that
!
The Auburys rein supreme on Man o'War
   The eastern
shoreline
Steve befriends a local alligator or is it a
crocodile
Don't ask
   Just another cotton-pickin'
picture
Pressed button B, no money came out so he got very
angry
Sunset over Man o' War
We did the same as on leaving Little Harbour - that
is slipping before breakfast and motoring over to the exclusive Matt Lowes Cay
26:33.7N, 77:01.10W, which is named Sugar Loaf Cay on Google Earth for some
reason?? It features a fantastic palm fringed beach backdrop on which
you are forbidden to set foot on. But anchoring off is permitted so we
enjoyed our scrambled eggs on toast looking at that wonderful
vista through the boat window. A dinghy expedition around the anchorage
...
   Steve dives, Phil's aghast, Nikki runs
for the 'hypo'
blanket
Exploring Matt Lowes Cay
anchorage
All too much for the skipper to bear
then it was time to head back to Marsh Harbour
in time for our guests to take a taxi to the airport for their flight to Nassau
then on to London.
 
Our guests depart for the No 17
taxi
Sunset at Marsh Hbr - conch shells are blown to signify its time for
sundowners!
Today the boat is back to its usual crew of two -
us, but we had a fantastic 9 days with not even a sniff of mutiny in the air or
any embarrassing disasters like going aground. It was a great
success.
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