{"id":4443,"date":"2024-03-27T15:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/?p=4443"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:15:21","slug":"green-turtle-cay-abaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/?p=4443","title":{"rendered":"Green Turtle Cay, Abaco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our trip to Green Turtle Cay was uneventful, but we put a lot of effort in deciding to go. The trip from Great Guana Cay to any point west requires a short jump into the Atlantic before cutting back into the mostly protected Sea of Abaco. This jump is knows as Whale’s Cut as it goes around Whale’s Cay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

With the rough weather moving away from Great Guana we started planning our next jump. Our original plan had us staying in Great Guana for a few more days to allow the winds to settle, however a deeper look at the forecast and the potential conditions at Whale’s Cut forced a quick change for a Sunday departure. Whale’s cut seems really benign on the charts. It’s a fairly wide opening in a coral reef before passing Whale’s Cay on the west. We learned that the cut is nearly impassable during a ‘rage’. The rage isn’t forecasted, it’s a condition when seas move from the Northeast for several days creating large ocean swells that move from the 3000+feet water across the cut (less than 30 feet) within a few hundred yards. This condition turns ‘relatively’ harmless swells into full breakers as the swells are stood up by the shallow bar and made worse with an outgoing tide or wind. We picked our day based on 3 prior days of South and SE winds that prevented any swell build up. We also timed our departure to arrive at the cut at the end of an incoming tide with little to no current through the cut. We had a little more NW wind than forecasted but it seemed to help keep the 4-5 foot swells in check and allowed for a very uneventful passage after much angst planning the 2 hour trip. Unfortunately some fellow boaters didn’t fare as well, as they decided to pass during our original day and were struck by two successive breakers and sank their 36′ sailboat in under a minute. Thankfully another cruiser was close by and was able to rescue the 3 sailors aboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The island is 3 miles long and 1\/2 mile wide and can only be accessed by ferry or boat. Three Sons docked at the Bluff Beach House Resort and Marina for two nights and we enjoyed the amenities including a beautiful pool, laundry, breakfast at their on site restaurant, The Boathouse, and Happy Hour at the beach bar, Tranquil Turtle. Using a golf cart and bikes for transportation, we explored just about every inch of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We rode our bikes over to New Plymouth to explore the tiny town. The town is still rebuilding from Hurricane Dorian and many buildings have not been rebuilt. There is one narrow road that circles the historical town. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A well deserved beer at after a long, hilly bike ride. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We explored the island by golf cart with Scott and Amy from Who Dat and did not miss one dirt road!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Catching a Space X launch from the end of our dock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Enjoying various varieties of rum punch at Pineapple Bar located at the on a tiny spit of land.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We found turtles! About eight turtles were swimming under and around the docks at Coco Beach. They are absolutely beautiful and fun to watch. We have seen a lot of turtles in other areas from the dinghy but they are always swimming fast and away from us. Not that I blame them, I am sure that propeller is scary underwater. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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North End Beach was a beautiful, calm spot that could be accessed at the very end of a dirt road and hike through the woods. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We enjoyed Green Turtle Cay for a couple of days but needed to move through Whales Cut to get here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bahama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4443"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4478,"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4443\/revisions\/4478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threesons.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}