Great Guana Cay, Black Point - Sleepy settlement

On leaving George Town we had a 50 mile sail to make some progress up the Exuma island chain.  The morning started well when we were joined by a young bottlenosed dolphin who came to say hello which was a bit of a surprise as the water was only around 3 metres deep and have usually seen them in water over 100 feet! We then had to navigate through a different exit back into the deep Atlantic, again this was a challenge as it is never a straight route and you have to weave in and out the sand banks which makes progress pretty slow and then once you hit the deeper water the waves are rolling in and it pretty bumpy but once our we had a good breeze for a long days sail.

Black Point it on the north tip of Great Guana Cay, in the pilot books it refers to the settlement as the second largest in the Exuma Cays but it is tiny!  There are probably less 30 houses and a few holiday cottages surprisingly though it had good public amenities with a medical centre, post office, school, police station and a tiny airstrip – we believe these are all subsidised by the Bahamian Government.

Great Police Station

There is also a great laundrette for the yachties which also does a suburb carrot cake for $1 a slice, mmmmmmmmm yummy.  But the shops are very sparsely stocked we were lucky to pick up some carrots and a pepper but there really was no other fruit or veg.

The anchorage was lovely and calm but we also went for a windswept walk on the Atlantic side of the island which was also beautiful.

Beautiful anchorage

Windy Atlantic shoreline

If you had lots of time, Black Point is somewhere you could potter around not doing much, the locals were so welcoming you instantly felt at home.

Lovely sunset from Black Point