March 25th- Hope Town/ Elbow Cay to Tiloo Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas

Time to make a break for it! We fully enjoyed our stay in Hope Town but our time in the Bahamas is limited and there is more that we’d like to see in this island chain. The morning was spent, leisurely, getting Evergreen ready. We needed water. Saturday is garbage day in Hope Town, so I delivered a bag to the commercial dock. I was going to help out with hauling the Abaco dinghies out of the water but was late to the effort. My motivations were questioned (I really did want to help), but I did get to check them out better on their racks (forgot the camera). Eventually we got underway and exited the harbor after saying our goodbyes.

Another sunny day in the Abacos. We only had a short distance to go. I had two different anchorages marked for Tiloo Cay. At the first spot I was unable to get the anchor to set after 3 tries. Each attempt requires me to crank up our anchor gear and is a workout. I wasn’t looking forward to a fourth try so we set off for my second choice, outside of Tiloo Pond. The hook set right away and we are very pleased with the spot. Tiloo Pond is absolutely loaded with sea turtles. We drifted around in an attempt to get up close to them. We saw many but so far they have been unreceptive to being photographed.

We are the only boat here and are looking forward to a quiet night amongst the stars and turtles. There are a few houses on the island but nothing else.

One more picture from Hope Town.

Some scenes from Tiloo Pond.

Sea dog.

Evergreen anchored off Tiloo Cay.