Manjack Cay

Only 4 miles from Green Turtle Cay is Manjack Cay. It has an alias and is sometimes called Nunjack Cay. Small, with only 3 houses and 2 year round residents, it is a place where you can really imagine what these islands looked like when they were first discovered. We got here yesterday and took the dinghy around some small coral cays to get closer to the the ocean side of the Cay. As we walked around the point to the east an astonishing ocean beach divided by many coral formations that looked like jetties appeared. It stretched for miles until it gave way to a gorgeous big sandy beach. The reef is about 500 yards offshore there so there are big crashing waves there. It is hard to believe that things can continue to be so beautiful. After the dinghy ride and a beautiful walk we went ashore to a small but lovely beach on the Sea of Abaco side. This one is ringed by coconut palms. The folks who live here welcome cruisers and have set up a picnic table and a few chairs. There was a ladder near the palm trees so I got a few coconuts and used the tools there to open them up. We had coconut and coconut water. It turns out that by itself coconut water is mild and a little sweet with rum it is very good! Last night a norther started to come though and now the wind is howling but the sun didn't set until 6 or so and it isn't dark until 630. Temps are still about 70 and the boat is sitting well on 2 anchors. We can't get over how beautiful it is here.