Great Guana Cay

With the winds down and now out of the north and east, we decided to leave Treasure Cay and head over to Great Guana for our anniversary dinner.  Our sail there was leisurely and uneventful. We entered the Fisher Bay anchorage in the late morning and being the only boat there at the time, we had our choice of mooring balls. In making our approach we snagged a long line that was floating just under the surface and it became tangled in the propeller.  Captain Ed quickly gave me orders to drop the anchor and we assessed the problem.  I suited up in my wetsuit and under the boat I went.  I could see lines wrapped around the shaft, so I tried cutting them off but could not manage my task.  The mooring ball owner Troy was called from Dive Guana as it was apparent we needed a diver as the Captain cannot leave his boat to go under and look.  Any way he said there are sharks in the water.    At 1300 hrs, Troy arrived and before you know it he was under the boat and all lines were cut free!  It would have taken Ed and I hours.  No damage done thank goodness. Great Guana is called the "party island" because of its' famous bars - Grabber's and Nipper's. It is the longest of the Abaco Cays which lies on the east side of the chain and stretches for seven miles.  The settlement is one of the smallest but is growing. There are only about 200 residents who call the Cay home.   Nipper's Bar and Grill sits perched high atop a forty foot dune overlooking the Great Abaco Barrier Reef.  Nipper's is known for it's strong rum drink called the

"The Nipper" and its famous wild boar pig roast held on Sunday afternoons where people from all the islands come for an  afternoon of food, drinks, dancing and fun. They also have a two level  swimming pool and provide a telephone where you can call home free!

  Grabbers Bar and Restaurant is on the other side of the island, also with a swimming pool and their famous "Guana Grabber" drink with just a word of caution - more than two Guana Grabbers and you never know what you 
will grab next!  On Wednesday evenings they sponsor a pot luck dinner where cruisers and locals come together for some great food, drinks and fun.