CODA STILL HERE IN THE BAHAMAS 2025 (47)

CODA : Living the life in the Exuma Islands, Bahamas.

26 February 2025 

Little Farmers Cay west anchorage, Little Farmers Cay, Bahamas  

Farmers Cut (the channel is right down the middle).

Marc-  It was a beautiful morning in George Town but unfortunately it was time for us to leave.  The wind was very light and the seas were calm as we exited the harbor via Conch Cay Cut.  We were not alone.  There was a line of sailboats headed north.  We raised sail as soon as the wind appeared however slight:  we went immediately from 6 knots to 7 knots.  We did the entire ocean part of the trip on autopilot.  Farmers Cut was easy to traverse with an incoming tide and an East wind.  Little Farmers Cay is a quiet place with friendly people.  Most of the boats are anchored near the Yacht Club (8 boats).  We saw a great sunset in our west anchorage along with 3 other boats.

The west anchorage dock needs some repair.

The Club dinghy dock ia in excellent shape in the main harbor.

The center of Little Farmers Cay.

Town pier with a few shops.

Turtles are very popular here and they are not on the menu.

Yacht Club services.

A good night to all.

Sue:  It was time to leave George Town.  Beyond time.  We were there for 2-1/2 weeks.  It just worked out that we were there that long, but it was too long.  We saw and did everything we wanted to do there, except for getting a lesson in making a conch shell horn.  That was today.

We had missed coming to Little Farmer's Cay on the way here.  We didn't miss anything.  We were the only tourists on the island between 4 and 5pm.  And as Marc noted, there are very few boats in the two harbors.  There was a little shop that sold conch shells and straw items.  There was a restaurant with no patrons.  There was a church.  50 people live here. If you like quiet places, Little Farmer's Cay is for you.  It's not for me.  I know that Black Point and George Town are the most populated settlements in The Bahamas, and there are not big populations there (even compared to Vermont!) so I should not be expecting to see much from here on in other than natural beauty.  I've seen a great deal of that already, so am feeling ready to go home.