Hope Town Elbow Cay

We left Marsh Harbour for Hope Town a couple of days ago. The weather has been pretty lousy since we arrived but we were able to get out and see the island. Last night a cold front blew through with 30+ kt winds, the winds were howling all night and most of today. The harbour is protected 360 degrees from the seas so all we got was wind. Here are a couple of links with island information:

http://www.visithopetown.com/history.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow_Cay

The entrance channel to Hope Town starts at this house which sits on its own little island. “Slow down you’re in Hope Town”:

Entrance channel, straight ahead then curves to the right:

Lighthouse on the right:

Getting ready to catch a mooring:

On a mooring, Dea Latis just about dead center in those boats:

Beautiful cottages line the harbour, this one is directly across from us. They rent for about $2500 a week and up:

These pink and blue condos are at the head of the harbour, the left building with two condos is for sale for $1,700,000.

We took the dinghy across the harbour and toured the lighthouse:

The lighthouse uses a kerosene lamp and a fresnel lens and is wound up every two hours.

http://www.hopetown.com/attractions/elbowcaylighthouse-touristattraction

The wall is about eight feet thick at the base and probably five feet thick toward the top. It was about 100 steps to the top.

From just under the lens deck looking down:

Kerosene lamp inside the lense:

Harbour view from the top:

Then off across the harbour to check out the other side. Dinghy dock:

There are nice cottages all over the island. The streets are narrow and there is no vehicular traffic allowed in the village. You have heard of a bird house right? Well this is a Curlytail lizard house in someone’s front yard:

Beautiful beach on the Atlantic side:

Government office, Post office, Commissioner, Police:

Waterfront area:

Narrow street, no vehicles allowed in this part of town. The green house to the left, which is not on the water, is for sale for $1,000,000.

The Harbour Lodge, stretches from the Harbour across the island to the Atlantic, very very nice:

Fire Department:

Yesterday we had a knock on the hull, it was a couple from Wiscasset. They said they met another boat from Wiscasset while in Marsh Harbour, what a small world. They are very nice people and although we did not know them I’m sure someone back home knows exactly who they are!

We are leaving Hope Town tomorrow and slowly heading south. Not sure when we will have internet again but we will update when we can.