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Published: April 22nd 2006
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Baker's Bay
The pristine, white sand beach at Baker's Bay. There was a shift in the weather and the winds were going to start blowing from the North, which meant that Jay and I had to leave our anchorage at Manjack and move to a more favorable one. We hear “Rum Runner, Rum Runner this is the Verna Breeze” on the radio and contact our friends. They are enjoying the day at Great Guana Cay and we decide to go join them. So we set sail, go around the whale, and make it to Baker’s Bay on Great Guana Cay by the afternoon. After anchoring next to the Verna Breeze and settling into the new spot, we hop in our dinghy to go over to the beach and meet up with our friends. We have a fabulous afternoon at the beach, the dogs are playing, and we decide to go spear fishing for dinner. Chris has found a place where there are a lot of grunts and trigger fish. It is very difficult to spear fish; you wouldn’t believe how much energy it take to dive down and try to shoot them. Unfortunately Jay and I have no luck. I actually would have gotten a good size trigger fish (I had
Another Pristine Beach
The Atlantic side of Baker's Bay, where we went snorkelling. a direct hit with good speed) but realized after the spear didn’t go thru that I had lost the sharp tip at the end of my sling. Bummer! But Chris, the avid fisherman of the Caribbean waters, had gotten plenty of fish for us all to have a big fish fry for dinner. So it was another successful and lovely day in the islands. There is nothing like living on a boat, sailing around the beautiful turquoise waters, fishing, snorkeling, and having good friends to share the experiences with.
Baker’s Bay is a beautiful part of Great Guana Cay, with excellent snorkeling and beautiful beaches. There is new, mega-scale development going on there which the locals are not too excited about (and who can blame them, this new project could easily destroy the reef within a couple of years and one of the few, untouched and pristine areas in the Bahamas). They have built some cabanas on the beach where potential owners come and visit, check out the island and the lots, and hopefully invest in the project. The development company runs tractors along the white sand beaches daily to keep them pristine and the sand very, very soft
Beach House
The beach house on Baker's Bay, where all the investors stay and get pampered. (which unfortunately interrupts the loggerhead turtles from laying their eggs). And about every other day you see the huge, red motor yacht bustling in new potential investors and owners who then go to the beach houses, where everything (from food, water bottles, beach towels, and sunscreen) is laid out for them to enjoy. It is quite a contrast from the rest of the islands here.
Jay and I decided to stay another day at Baker’s Bay while the Verna Breeze went off to explore another island. We wanted to do some snorkeling on the reef on the Atlantic side of the island, which we heard is some of the best snorkeling you can find in the Abacos. They have even installed some mooring balls there so you can dinghy over and tie up, which is great. And it really was some of the best snorkeling we have ever done. The reef has great big coral heads and beautiful coral fans, which sway with the passing waves. We saw so many different, brightly colored fish and swam thru several schools of tropical fish, it was fantastic. My favorite was swimming with a school the black fish which has neon blue
The Town
The town on Great Guana Cay, very quaint with alot of Caribbean color. outlining its fins, there were probably a hundred of them. And the fish were very curious about us and would follow us along for a while. Very fun.
After snorkeling we decided to move to a different anchorage on Great Guana Cay, a small bay closer to town and more protected from the shifting winds. We walked around town a bit, went to the local bakery for fresh bread and had a great conversation with Milo, the local who runs produce stand, while picking out tomatoes. We love the quaintness on the smaller out-islands, where everyone has their own pace of life and we get a chance to talk to locals. Next we walked to Nippers, which is a local beach bar that everyone has told us about. It is quite famous and we can see why, it is a brightly colored cluster of buildings with a pool and a fabulous view and beautiful beach on the Atlantic side of the island. We had a great afternoon there, playing with Kona on the beach, swimming in the pool, and enjoying the rum punch and some conch fritters. It was another successful day.
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Margie
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Idylic life
The pictures say it all, life is wonderful on the islands. Keep us up to date daily, we want to dream. You made a good choice after all.