Hope Town Extended | Evergreen's Log

March 24th- Hope Town/ Elbow Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas

Sometimes a little networking goes a long way. Hope Town Harbor is still very full. Multiple boats drive through the harbor every day looking to pounce on the next open mooring. Since we are not the type of sailors to keep a vigilant watch for the next mooring, it seemed we’d have little chance of grabbing one. Hope Town’s moorings are owned by a few different entities in town. Lucky Strike’s moorings were rented out. The bike shop didn’t have any available. Hope Town Marina was full. That led Lynne to tracking down Captain Jack of Cap’n Jack’s Restaurant and Bar. He directed us to talk to the skipper on SV Noodin as they were having issues with immigration and might have to head over to Marsh Harbour to clear things up. We bought a six pack from Cap’n Jack and headed over to Noodin for sundowners. They were heading to Marsh and had a gift for us to drop off at SV Rhiannon when we see them. The next day we switched over to the mooring they were on and decided to spend the rest of the week in Hope Town.

We’ve had a good week. The beaches are a short walk or dinghy ride and Ollie is exhausted every evening. We had a nice lunch with Rhiannon at “On Da Beach”. Afterwards we went beach combing on da beach. I met the skipper of SV Antares. He’s been coming here for a long time and has been the voice of the Abaco Cruisers Net in the morning. He’s also an accomplished woodworker and has rebuilt two Abaco sailing dinghies that were originally built in Hope Town (photographs below). The other day there was a BYOB cruiser’s get together (for sundowners) at the Hope Town Marina near the Canadian Pool. Why is it called the Canadian Pool? It’s not heated. We met many different cruisers with a ton of Bahamas experience. We’ve already started planning Evergreen’s next Bahamas adventure.

Some scenes from Hope Town.