Monday, December 12, 2011

Marsh Harbour


We anchored in the large bay close to the NE corner near Marsh Harbour Marina. There is evidence of hurricane damage: one sailboat askew on land; the dinghy dock gone. The first day we had a good boat-washing rain. It was Friday and we were entertained by a calypso beat band at Mangos or Curly Tails.

Saturday we dinghied into the dock, now a large, study dock with one ladder and no easy access by dinghies. We walked into town to True Value and The Chemist and Maxwell’s Market then stopped to talk to South Wind, anchored not far from us.

After unloading the dinghy, we went into The Jib Room and had lunch and then walked over to Mermaid Reef. We were disappointed to see the beach enclosed by a fence with No Trespassing, Private Land signs all around. The only access by land is a narrow road with no beach. We walked around to town and stopped to say hi to Southern Heat and some refreshments at Curly Tails.

Sunday and Monday we decided to stay put with the strong NE wind that howled all night. We walked to the castle that overlooks the Sea of Abaco.

2 comments:

  1. Sounds as if you are firmly in summer mode. Tell Ken I am sitting by the fire - nice too.

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  2. It's strangely mild here. No winter weather yet. If this keeps up it will be a wet (not white) Christmas. Is Marsh Harbor the place where there is a diving shop (next to the Green Turtle marina) that has sea glass jewelery? I bought 3 necklaces there that were quite reasonable and the people I gave them to loved them (I think)

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