We pulled into Hopetown on Thursday. Anchoring is not encouraged in the inner harbor and since Hopetown is the most popular spot in the Abacos, rented moorings are hard to get. We turned around and pulled into a mangrove harbor on the way out of the inner harbor within 100 yards of the famed Elbow Cay Lighthouse, dropped a couple hooks and tied to the mangroves. The Elbow Cay Lighthouse was built in 1864 and still has a kerosene powered lamp behind the prism.
On Friday morning we found the harbor was just too tight to anchor in and pulled the hooks. Luck was with us though as we were able to get a mooring for the next four days.Inner Hopetown Harbor...
A welcoming dinghy dock.
Most of the houses in the "downtown" have been converted to rentals. The cheap ones go for about $1,700 per week. Cathie is standing below a very nice older resort.
Wow. One of the trees off of one of Captain Bligh's ships!!
This street ends facing the entrance to the harbor. You can see one of the triangular range markers that are used to guide the boats thought the shallows at the entrance. Was a nice spot to sit and watch the traffic go by.
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