Hetty's Land to Black Point Settlement, Great Guana Cay, Exuma, Bahamas
As nice as anchoring can be…it is all dependent on the weather. If the weather doesn’t cooperate it is not such a pleasant experience. That being said, the winds have shifted and so we pull anchor and get going early to find a more protected spot in the anchorage at Black Point Settlement. Once anchored we tender over to the dock at Lorraine’s Cafe and check out the friendly town. We have a cold beer at the Emerald Sunset View and then move onto Scorpio’s. D.J. at Scorpio’s is a great guy who we first heard advertising his bar on the VHF channel 16…”happy hour 4PM to 6PM Thursday, Friday & Saturday". We chat with him and a few other cruisers and then stop by Lorraine’s mom’s house to pick up our fresh-out-of-the-oven Coconut Bread and Cinnamon Bread…oh is that good!
The tender dock at Lorraine’s
Lorraine’s Restaurant & her mom’s sign for fresh bread
We were graciously invited in to get our bread. It smelled like my version of heaven in that kitchen. Larry shows off the two loaves of warm, dense bread and Lorraine’s mom graces us with a photo.
Emerald Sunset View Bar and Restaurant
Even Ice-T likes Scorpio’s
Leroy was the original owner of Scorpio’s. D.J., his nephew, runs the place now.
A little culture in between beers
One of the all wooden racing sloops that is made in this part of the Bahamas. They are made by hand with very few power tools. The regattas are held in April and the rules state that the sloops can not be over 28 feet, sails must be of canvas, hull of wood with a single wooden mast. They do not permit vertical transoms, bowsprits, spreaders, winches or any sort of wind or speed instruments including tell-tales (info from The Exuma Guide, Stephen J. Pavlidis)
The repairs on this sloop continue
You can see the Independence at anchor in the harbor and Larry with his two loaves of bread
Buffet night at Lorraine’s was great fun. Lorraine (pink shirt) and Burkie Wright (former police chief) posed with Larry and our cruiser friends Heather & Trent and Kim & John.