This is a pretty decent marina with facilities...pretty low-key, no frills and although no dock space, and we were in a 23' 3" fat Cat, nowhere was able to accommodate us at a dock, there were plenty of mooring balls and anchorage space! I think the view is nicer that way anyway!
On the way dinghying up to the marina office, we found Brian living on Raggedy Ann who was an all around Mr Fix It guy who was willing to dive the boat and take a look at our engines later in the afternoon since we had to get towed in early that morning by TowBoatUS from 15 miles out (north) due to gobs of sea grass and crab traps eaten by our engines...(a whole 'nother story)...
So, before all that could happen, we made our way up to the dinghy docks, which we stayed in the outers, easy access and tie off, because the inner dinghy docks were super tight and difficult to maneuver around in - even saw a couple of bumper boat incidents... I was amused, but that can get rather sticky when you're in that situation...
The only sea life we saw here were a few brown little jellyfish.
We made our way up to the office, only 2 people inside due to Covid, but let just one check in, no need for more. We were given 2 shower room card keys for use throughout our 24 hour stay and then we went on our way to lunch and run errands....there is no restaurant/food on the premises. I'd say that's one drawback.
But Uber was easy - not the quickest to arrive, but once we returned, dinghy'd back and hit the Dockside Bar & Grill across the water for a drink, then back to our boat to wait for Brian to dive the engines... He showed up, cleaned all the stuff out and we were back in business!
Later that afternoon, we grabbed our shower stuff and clothes, dinghy'd back up to the marina, got our showers....and me being the female - took a really long time! Although not the best facilities, so glad we had hot water and pressure... there are about 30 shower rooms and you might have them all potentially running at one time... hot and pressure necessary!
The boys were waiting for me at the tiki hut/park area and then we dinghy'd back to our boat in time for sunset, cocktails and dinner.
Was a lovely evening before taking off to our next destination.....the Bahamas! read more