Great Guana Cay, the Sea of Abaco, Sunday, May 8th

The weather here has been tremendous, with warm sunny days and NO WIND!! We have stayed anchored at Man-O-War Cay, and are using our (actually working quite well) big dinghy to visit the cays around us.

Yesterday we went to Great Guana Cay, home of the famous Nippers bar and Sunday pig roast!  We had a flat run of about 7 miles to the island, and docked our dinghy with the famous Bahamian stern anchor. 

Road sign showing the way to Nippers

World Famous Nippers Beachside Bar

We walked through the village (quite small, only one street on the harbor!) and up to Nippers.  We had a drink, went for a swim, and a walk on the beautiful beach.  We passed a group of beach walkers, and Chris swears one of them was Warren Buffett (wearing a Berkshire T-shirt!!)!! Seeing Warren is not quite as good as seeing Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in George Town (way to go Dirk!), and we didn’t get a picture, but we are quite sure it was him!!

Chris having a drink at Nippers...

We left Nippers, and walked to the other great attraction on the island, Grabbers Bar at the marina.  We had another drink there, and listed to the great “rake and scrape” band.  As you can see, they actually “play” the saw (from Ace Hardware) with a rather large fishing knife!!  Good advertising for Ace Hardware!!

Chris having a drink at Grabbers... (do you sense a theme?)

Rake & Scrape....note the saw from Ace Hardware!!

Way too many rum drinks!!

Anyway, we had another easy ride back to the boat on the dinghy, with the sea very flat and smooth.    Later in the evening, during low tide, we went for another dinghy ride in the small dinghy (wow! We have so many toys!!), and collected several sea biscuits from the shallow waters.  They are so unbelievably perfect; they almost look like someone made them!  We are going to bleach them and bring them home with us. 

Today we are going to take the dinghy to Hope Town, which is on Elbow Cay to our southeast.  We will likely move Auriga further south to Lynyard Cay toward the end of the week.