Day 23. On to Great Guana Cay. April14. Miles 16.3 Total miles 448.1

Day 23

Cloudless and slight breeze this mornin as we prepare to leave Green Turtle Cay and move on. We will travel through Whale Cut out into the Atlantic to cruise past the cay and then tuck back behind Great Guana Cay.

We enjoyed out stay at Donny's Marina. Was nice to share in the community on this small islands, but we are ready to go and explore.

We left the marina at 8:30 to take advantage of the tide at the cut, and headed east to travel between Great Abaco Island and Green Turtle in the Sea of Abaco. About 5 miles out we headed north to Whale Cut Channel which is a pretty narrow cut between to rock outcroppings out into the Atlantic. We really had to watch our heading to make sure we are in the channel.

We then turned east to cruise along Whale Cay and then into an old shipping channel that Disney Corp. dug to prepare for a resort which did not pan out.

As we pass behind Great Guana, we pass the fancy development in Bakers Bay and then the shoreline filled with homes.

We anchored in Fischer's Bay near the center of the island along with 15 other boats.

Now we get to explore. We put the dinghy in the water and took off for the dock and a walk around town.

First we walked to Nipper's to have some lunch and we were treated to beautiful view of the Atlantic beach.

After lunch we walked down to the beach and Bill had to climb all over the rocks.

After Bill finished his rock climbing we left the restaurant pictured below and walked down the beach lined with homes high up on the top of the sand dune.

At the next point of land we could see a limestone rock formation much weathered by the wind and waves.

We retraced our steps and returned to the restaurant and headed into the little town. The restaurant had some interesting signs along the path.

Here are some fun shots we took on our walk.

The town had a grocery and liquor store and a dive shop. Snorkeling and diving is very popular here as the reef is close to shore. Today the water was too rough for snorkeling.

Here is a typical street in town.

The streets are only wide enough for small vehicles, most people drive golf carts.

Outside of town, most of the homes are private cottages and many are rentals.

We returned to the boat and Bill did chores while I caught up with the blog. He did take the drone up and here are his shots.

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