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Thanks, Wilbur. More info (yours below) than any of the guides have
provided. The girls enjoyed a nude beach experience on the main beach at Powell a couple of days ago while I dove our keel (much encrusted from 4 months of Saint Simons Island pluff) and transducers/keel cooler/groundplane. Perhaps we'll go back today for the north beach what with the very small wind right on our nose at the moment for Manjack and GTC. We will spend a couple of days at GTC, especially as there's a sistership moored there, owned by someone who was instrumental in our searching and evaluation of the boat we passed on (High Time) and led us to revisit Tehamana, the prior name for our boat. It had been docked literally across the canal from High Time and I'd been aboard during our engine survey on HT. It didn't show well, but my friend saw it in his boatyard in FTL, where the owner, his maintenance guy, and the owner's daughter's boyfriend were doing a three week touchup. Needless to say, it showed a great deal better after that, as we bought it :{)) As an aside, I communicate with several "identities" aboard this list privately; their info is entirely protected. I'd welcome such with you, as the fun we have here aside, I'm sure you're a veritable font of info, and I expect we'd enjoy each other, whether you ever come sail with us or not :{)) - and I'd not do an Aragorn, either :{)) So, depending on what we can see with our wifi setup, we'll prolly be checking in from time to time. The sked here is such that I've not been able to touch the keyboard for my long-overdue logs since Saint Simons; once the kids are off, I'll try to make that a priority. You're right about Coop - nothing doing, but an enjoyable walk, and some VERY nice pizzas - albeit carryout, something we'd not figured out until it was presented to us on the porch - from the local who does that. Killer connection here, too- 20 sites, including one each on Spanish and GTCs, all but one open. Vonage has been humming as we made flight skeds, girlies caught up with their parents, and I ordered some zipper parts. Don't always have a sufficiently strong signal for that pleasure :{)) L8R Skip and crew -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message anews.com... It's good to hear you didn't get tangled up with Lily Shoal though you were close and they do shift some. But being just giant sand washes they generally don't do much harm should you run up on one. Most of them you can just sail over at high water but the water is so clean you'd swear it's only a couple feet deep. Powell is nice, especially the beach on the ocean side. There is also a nice beach ocean side on the north end of Powell and a path to it from the bayside. Good beachcombing on the north beach as it is less frequented. There is a pretty nice little cliff with a path up to it on the north central part of the island at the outcrop on the bayside that affords a great view of the anchorage. Coopers Town isn't anything special and the anchorage is rough in prevailing winds. I would stop at Manjack Cay aka Nunjack Cay if you have the time. It used to be uninhabited but with mowed off paths and building lots for sale but no habitation yet. More great beaches on the ocean side with a path from Nunjack Beach is nice on the Bayside for picnics. There used to be a dock with enough water for me to tie up to it. You could probably make it to the dock as well. I can anchor right off NunJack beach but you might have to anchor outside the little reef that projects from the south that makes the little NunJack Beach Harbor. Some cruisers feel their way around NunJack Rocks and anchor in the little harbor on the north. It's a beautiful place there. South of that is Green Turtle Cay. The main anchorage is not too great as there is lots of faster motorboat traffic going back and forth to the mainland (Abaco Island). Anchoring in White Sound is more peaceful and Black Sound is nice, too. I would definitely spend a day or two at Green Turtle Cay poking around. New Plymouth is quaint and has all the amenities. I can get my boat into Settlement Creek and New Plymouth harbor but it is small and shallow. You might be able to get FP in there but I'd check it out with the dinghy first if I were you. From Green Turtle you will probably want to take FP on the outside route around Whale Cay as the inside channel is quite shoal. In settled weather the Whale Channel outside route is no problem. Don't do it in heavy weather, though, as there can be a 'rage' which amounts to breaking waves in the inlets. Once you transit Whale Cay you'll see Great Guana to the Southeast. The north side of the island has Bakers Bay which used to be undeveloped and contained the wreckage of an old cruise ship port and the channel was dredged deep with a turning basin at the end for a cruise ship. When I was there Bakers Bay was a cruisers anchorage with a path to the great beach on the ocean side. Further south you can anchor in Fisher's Bay north or Delia's Cay and dinghy into the Guana Beach Resort where you can walk to the settlement which has a nice little grocery store and you can walk across the island to Nippers to have a frozen Nippers. You can't NOT visit Nippers as it is world famous. Have fun. Wilbur Hubbard |
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