Green Turtle Cay
Green Turtle Cay is the northern end of the Abacos cruising ground, with the loyalist settlement of New Plymouth, two protected harbours and a strong claim to having invented the Goombay Smash.
New Plymouth
A grid of narrow streets, clapboard houses and a loyalist history going back to the 1780s, when families loyal to the Crown left the American colonies and settled the Abacos. There is a sculpture garden commemorating them, a museum, and a settlement that still feels lived in rather than preserved.
Miss Emily’s Blue Bee Bar
The Blue Bee is where the Goombay Smash was created, and the recipe has reportedly never been written down. The walls are papered with business cards from visiting crews going back decades. Have one, not three.
The harbours
Black Sound and White Sound both offer well-protected anchorages and moorings, reached through shallow entrances that larger yachts cannot use. Deeper yachts anchor outside and tender in.
The Whale
Getting to Green Turtle from the south means crossing the Whale Cay Passage, a short stretch of open ocean that can be rough in a northerly swell. Captains wait for a quiet day and nobody argues with them.
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