Addendum to Day 35
After we anchored and settled in, we contacted Gary and carol on MVJuggernaut to thank them for warning us of the wave action in the North Bar Cut. They texted us back and said they were in Little Harbor and that moorings were available. After some discussion, we decided to pull anchor and move to Little Harbor on the next rising tide.
So at 5:45 pm we left Lynyard Cay and motored the 2.9 miles due south. We passed the south end of Lynyard Cay and crossed the Little Harbor Cut where we encountered some funky waves 3-5 foot, coming in from the Atlantic. Luckily our plan of making the trip conicided with slack tide so we did not have to negotiate any current. Took some on waves our beam and then turned to get into the entrance to Little Harbor and our big boat actually surfed down two waves pushing our speed to 11 knots. Was a joy ride but Bill ahd quite a job of keeping the boat lined up to get through the narrow entrance to the harbor.
Found a mooring amongst the catamarans and sailboats and got ourselves connected. Here are some shots of the harbor.
Gary then came to pick us in his dinghy to enjoy Pete's Pub with live music and then dinner. We enjoyed catching up with their travels since we last saw them. they will b e heading back home repeating going back through the Abacos and catching the spots they missed on the first leg.
Petes Pub is the lonely restaurant in the area. People come from all over Great Abaco Island to enjoy its quirky charm. The restaurant was totally destroyed in 2019 by Hurricane Dorian, but has been rebuilt. T-shirts donated by patrons hang from the exposed rafters in this outdoor restaurant whose main floor is the sandy beach. We thoroughly enjoyed a part time local on his acoustical guitar playing all the classic rock songs from our time period.
Here are some of the t-shirts displayed, all signed by those who donated them.
Day 36
The wind has died down and we hope the seas will also through the day. Tis a bright sunny day in Little Harbor Great Abaco.
A little history of this area.
Randolph and Margot Johnson came to the Bahamas with a land grant from the British government in the mid 50's. After scouting out potential sites for their new home, they decided to make Little Harbor home. Randolph was a renown artist specializing in lost wax casting in bronze. His wife worked in ceramics. So they established the small town of Little Harbor as an art colony.
Today Randolph's son, Pete runs the Pete's Pub and Gallery and he makes life size marine bronzes and jewelry. Pete, now in his eighties also spends time teaching other artist the skill of lost wax casting in bronze. Randolph's grandson, Now helps out at the restaurant and is an accomplished painter.
We began our day fretting over weather and then seeing Carol and Gary off as they begin their return trip home.
After a quick lunch we went to shore in the dingy to see the Art Gallery and Gift Shop. We oohed and aahed over the large bronze sculptures. Here are some examples.
There was also jewelry and paintings and the regular clothing gift shop items. Bill bought a hat.
We then walked over to the beach and enjoyed watching the waves and the boats coming in the pass. Is quite a rocky beach, but we did find a few well worn pieces of coral.
Walking back to the dinghy, we paid for an additional night at the mooring and headed off in the dinghy to explore some more.
Toured around the harbor to the west side where there are two cave sites. Supposedly the Johnson family lived in one of them as their first home here at Little Harbor back. in the mid 1950s.
Is amazing the rock formations that water and sea have created here!
Next we headed out of the harbor to investigate the blue holes in the Bight of Robinson. Well it was a lot further then we thought, so we turned around and used Google to get a picture of the two blue holes in the Bight.
According to the locals these blue holes are connected to underground channels that lead to the Atlantic Ocean. Fishermen have seen large grouper in the Bight which normally do not come into these shallow waters. They must come into the Bight through the underground routes
We returned to the boat to clean up and then check the weather one more time today to see if we go to Spanish Wells, Eleuthera tomorrow.
