Morgan's Bluff on Northern Andros

Once we waited out the weather we wanted to visit the island of Andros.  By we I mean mostly me and David was willing to go along as we'd never been there.  We knew another front was coming in from a direction that was bad for the area where we could anchor so the hope was to get inside the small but well protected inner harbor.  If space had been available we would have tied up and rented a car to explore farther afield.  There is almost nothing actually in Morgan's Bluff but a fuel depot and a place for the larger ships to offload cargo.  There are not any other ports deep enough or not surround by reef for the ships to come in so it was a busy spot.  Andros is the only Bahamian island with a large natural water source and most of the produce is from the island.  Before reverse osmosis became readily available, Andros supplied the country with fresh water.  A few islands have small wells and some cisterns are able to capture rainwater but neither of those could supply all the water needs. There is still a large industry of shipping water off of Andros but it is not as essential for survival for the family islands now that they can make their own for industry and washing.  In Fresh Creek there is a thriving Batik industry that I wanted to see.  I really love Batik and saw how it was done in the far east and wanted to visit a factory.  Alas, the inner harbor was full of boats waiting (a long, long time)for parts to arrive, big sports fishers and derelicts.  We stayed at anchor for a few days and rested. David had started feeling puny on Chub and developed a full blown chest cold so the rest was good but it did limit any exploring.

David always checks the anchor with our viewing bucket.  Lets us sleep better!

more hurricane damage, a sad theme everywhere we've visited so far

This inner harbor is tiny but so full.

This is one of the many big boats that came and went while we were anchored out.
It must havev filled the open space of the inner harbor.

The old channel light was just left lying next to the new one.

The boat looks more like it was purposefully grounded since it is upright.

Another boat that didn't fare well in the hurricane.

The jetty sticks out just a little way into the bay.

The other side of the jetty.

Sunset this night was amazing.  Red sky at night, sailors delight.