Sea Spray to Marsh Harbour to Little Harbour

Admiral on the beach at Sea Spray / Elbow Cay

I know that it has been a few days since we posted, but we have been busy.  On Friday we moved from Sea Spray to Marsh Harbour, docking at Harbour View Marina.  

A visitor at lunch - typical curly tail lizard

Sea Spray to Marsh Harbour

Marsh Harbour is one of the main towns of the area.  It has good air connections to any of the Bahamian Islands.  We were here as Jennifer was flying in on Saturday from Toronto via Nassau.  The marina is a real beehive of activity as it is near Baker’s Bay Marina and Golf Club.  Many people fly in and take the private ferry to this exclusive resort to play golf and relax.  The private ferries include a 97’ Hinkley type yacht, a 40’ Hinkley jet boat and a 35’ intrepid with three 350 HP outboards.

Beautiful water

Extra crew onboard so Admiral can rest underway

Little Harbour

Marsh Harbour to Little Harbour

After Jennifer arrived we spent Sunday doing a bit of provisioning from a well stocked grocery store with anything you could want.  Monday morning we moved to Little Harbour which is the home of Pete’s pub.  Given our draft, we must go in on high tide as the entrance has 3 ½’ at MLW.  Here we took a mooring as there are no docks or marina.  

C'est La Vie and Seas the Day

Exploring Little Harbour

Cave at Little Harbour

We went in for dinner then back for lunch the next day after a walk on the beach.  The Johnson family moved here in the 1930’s from Massachusets and wanted to find a location for the patriarch to sculpt and be quiet.  They sailed their schooner to Little Harbour and spent the first winter in a cave that you can see in the Limestone cliffs.  Today, his son operates a gallery and continues to sculpt and cast bronze statues.  They are really beautiful but the $30,000 for a coffee table held by two bronze dolphins is a little out of my price range.

Sculpture of Manta Ray

Dolphin sculpture outside gallery

Sea turtle in Little Harbour

Today we spent some time diving on the boat to ensure we did no damage passing over the reef after checking in at West End on our initial entrance.  Water is 79 F but it still feels cold.  Guess I am just a woose!  No damage was found and Jennifer and I cleaned some of the barnacles off of the swim platform metal parts that they seem to love.  The bottom of the boat looks in good shape so the divers did an excellent job.  You could not have asked for better weather today, around 80 F and not a lot of wind.

Surf at Little Harbour

Captain and a sculpture

We are now off to Treasure Cay for our second time to give Jennifer an opportunity to see a magnificent beach.