Green Turtle Cay

We arrived in Green Turtle Cay, White Sound at low tide. It was a long day of 56 miles from Great Sale. Cruiser's net said the channel had been dredged to 7 feet from 5 feet at low tide , so with our 5 1/2 feet we thought we would be Ok. We made it in but had a few bumps near the entrance and then near a narrow portion. Luckily it was sand, so no harm done. The other choice was Black Sound, but that is rocky and you really need high tide as it is only 4 1/2 feet at low tide. We could have anchored outside, but the weather was going to get nasty.

We joined Marsh Harbor Yacht Club before we set out on this venture. They have a very active community and many marinas give discounts. The Bluff House Resort and Marina was one of those. So in we pulled to Oliver's delight. Many boats were anchored out, but with a northerly coming, I was glad to be at a dock. As the winds and rain came, other boats joined us.

Tuesday the 21st was cold and rainy, so we stayed inside mostly, cleaned, read and were lazy. Wednesday was still windy, but Oliver and I went to the beach for our morning walk anyway.

We did leave the beast onboard and went to dinner one night. I loved that it was called jolly Roger as we were one of the families that started Jolly Roger Swim Club. Alas it is no more. 

The dinghy ride to New Plymouth

Thursday things calmed down so we took the dinghy into New Plymouth, the one town on Green Turtle Cay. The food deliveries came today, so I was tracking down salad foods. I scored BIG! We also bought some of the famous "coconut bread" and a few other things. We ran into our friends from S/V Old Sam. Everyone in town was very friendly. They love to chat.

walking off dinghy dock

Narrow streets, only golf carts are used.

McQuire's restaurant

park with busts of all important people in Green Turtle's history, very cool

Sid's grocery, great homemade bread

Methodist church

even the picnic tables are quaint

leaving to our dinghy

Just a note: The water here is so clear you can see starfish, urchins and anemones on the bottom. Just looking over the side of the boat there is a free aquarium with many different fish.Oliver just stands on the side of the boat and stares over at the fish.  

Friday I walked to Green Turtle Resort, about a mile. It is lovely, but a bit pricey. I bought one Bahamian beer called Kalik to share with Dale when I got back to the boat. We like our beer better.

Later that day, our friends Jon and Mimi called about a dinghy adventure with the dogs to an isolated beach on the northern side of the island. We said, " sure", so Saturday we met then between the sounds (they were in Black Sound) and we followed them to this beautiful clean, isolated beach. Their dogs , Muffin and Arthur were ecstatic to have a new playmate. Poor Ollie was treated like sheep as the two sheepdogs inherently did what their breed does. They are 2 and 3 years old, so they had boundless energy. Oliver finally gave them a couple of growls, but would try to run and keep up with them anyway. It was a fun day.

Oliver going for a dip.

A packed dinghy. Jon, Mimi with Muffin and Arthur

Love the colors

"This is how you swim"

Oliver being herded.

When we got back, Oliver slept and slept and slept. We saw the weather was good to move south. From here we had to go outside into the Atlantic called Whales Cut for a while and then turn back in at Loggershead channel.

More coming!