On to Man O War Cay

After hunkering down for a windstorm with winds of 40mph in Hope Town we headed Man O War Cay.  This is another small island in the Abacos not very far from Hope Town.  It had a very small harbor that we were able to anchor in with a shallow rocky inlet that we had to get through first.  This island is one of the early loyalist settlements in the Abacos and in the beginning in 1798 its residence started farming.  In 1820 a shipwrecked sailor Benjamin Albury met Eleanor Archer and married.  There are descendants today that still live there working the family boat building business, Albury skiffs.

The island is a very conservative cay that has the distinction of being the only “dry” island in the Bahamas, with absolutely no public sale or consumption of alcohol.

We walked the streets of this small island and soaked it all in, even saw some colorful flowers that deserved to have their picture taken. 

You could clearly still see the destruction from hurricane Dorian just like we saw in Hope Town.  Homes and businesses are being rebuilt but not at a fast pace.  We only anchored there for one night and then sailed onto Great Guana Cay, a short 3-hour sail.  (the Abacos Islands are much closer together than the Exumas, easy to island hop)

Once settled we headed out on foot to see what we could find.  This is another island still in recovery from Dorian, but rebuilding.  There are two local bar/restaurants that were/are well known Grabbers and Nippers.  They are both rebuilt and open for business.  Went to Grabbers for a early dinner, AWESOME curry lobster and of course we had a few house cocktails called the Rum Grabber.  Tomorrow we'll go to Nippers.