Great Guana Cay

We sailed from Manjack, through the "Whale" to Great Guana Cay. The "Whale" is a local passage through shallows from the ocean that can create a "rage" with the wind and tides that one doesn't want to mess with. It is named after Whale Cay, located there. In fact, just south of the Whale, Disney Corp dredged out a channel to Great Guana for small cruise ships to land. The beginnings of an amusement park were built on the northern end of Great Guana, but it was soon discovered that even the cruise ships couldn't navigate the "Whale". Disney abandoned the development, but never fear, now another developer is working on a golf course resort and private development with lots starting at $4 Million.... Another story.

We spent three nights on Great Guana anchored off the beach in front of "Grabbers" Bar/restaurant. We had the great privilege of witnessing the annual Barefoot Man Concert at Nippers Bar on the ocean side. See http://www.nippersbar.com/ Basically, the Barefoot Man party is like spring break, only for mostly old farts.... I estimate about 200 boats came to the Cay for the concert. We left before the rum took over the crowd.

The beach in front of Nippers...

I have signed up for a month of way to expensive wifi but it is extremely slow and I am having issues with uploading photos. Every now and then I am able to upload some from the boat but when I get to shore I will add more...