We had a wonderful and quiet stay at Man-O-War Cay. A big thanks to Barb and Barry on BeachCruiser. They made us feel right at home. We felt secure on the moorings at East Harbor and that opinion was proven out when a strong cold front graced us with wind gusts out of the NW of up to 46 knots. During the cold front passage, we did fire up our coal stove at least twice. Other than that, our weather was placid and enjoyable.
Sun setting beyond the MOW Cay entrance:
MOW Cay is populated with golf carts, no regular vehicles that we observed, a fact that made our frequent walks to the “low spot” all the more pleasant.
View from the "low place" (an area sometimes under water at high tide)
On a few occasions we treat ourselves to dining out, at MOW we splurged them all at Bradleys on the Harbour. We highly recommend that cuisine if you make it to MOW Cay, the chef is top notch. Another occasional indulgence is ice cream. I discovered coconut almond fudge at the ice cream store on MOW Cay, yummy! Our extended stay and the calm weather allowed us to attend church two Sundays. Pastor Randy is a go getter. Rich preached on New Year’s Day based upon the sermon “Are you Ready” from J.C. Ryle, a 19th century pastor and contemporary of Charles Spurgeon and D.L. Moody. Good stuff. Google it and read it if you are so inclined. We also appreciated Ralph Albury’s faithful teaching of Sunday School. We gave Ralph a book we had just finished: “War on Truth” by John MacArthur (contributed by Irene!), something we thought he would appreciate based upon his love for God’s Word.
As always, it was hard to leave this nice community and safe harbor. We moved to the south of the cay, set anchor, made water for a while and then motored to Marsh Harbor still making water. We made close to 85 gallons by the time we arrived.
The moon was bright and full at the latter part of our stay at MOW Cay, so bright it convinced a rooster that 4 am was the appropriate time for a wake-up call, a call that continued until first light at 6:30 am. The impact of those early mornings hit me yesterday after we set anchor in Marsh Harbour, had a filling lunch, and I suddenly succumbed to a surprise nap attack. After a deep rest, we set into town. We were familiar with town because Barb and Barry brought us over in their skiff last week and showed us around. We thank God that we were able to refill Myron’s subscriptions and restock on fresh veggies at Maxwell’s. We will likely remain here as we wait for another cold front to pass. While here, we hope to refill on diesel and gas, as well as accomplish a laundry day. We are only 1/2 tank down on propane, so that can wait.
We experimented with posting a video for you. The video below is of our sail south from Mayport:
Love to all,
Dena
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