Stir Crazy Sailing and Adventures - Episode 42 - Man-O-War Cay, A Paradise of Simple Pleasures

Man-O-War Cay is a quiet, out of the way, golf cart paradise in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas. Yes, this is a "Dry Cay", but don't let that keep you away - bringing your own is a standard practice for those who enjoy beauty, solitude and the quality time the place provides to those who want simply romantic surroundings. Man-O-War is a throwback vacation destination and loveable. A Paradise of simple pleasures, just enough on the island to sustain visitors, and Marsh Harbour is only a ferry boat ride away to make stocking-up easy. For tourist destination diversions, Hope Town is also an easy day trip by ferry. I found grabbing a mooring buoy is easy and worth the $20 fee, paid in the village, for the piece of mind that makes it easy to explore the cay by bike. The cafe is a gathering place for all and the friendly proprietor, Ann, allows me to take an informal tour of her world-class tropical paradise at her beachfront home. Local boat builders produce the Albury 23 and take on restorations of old wooden vessels, as well. The sail from Man-O-War is magical, across the beautiful blue waters of the Sea of Abaco. Very friendly locals make the place easy to adopt as a destination of choice for something a little different. Sailing a Catalina 42 - and enjoying the lovely waters and cays of the Bahamas. Two beautiful musical pieces are used with permission from Plane Jane Glory - thank you Michael and Laura!
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[@dennismckee7934]

Thank you so much! More fun videos coming. I appreciate you hopping aboard. 😊

[@dennismckee7934]

Hey, Bryan, the Crew on the Channel and I are glad you have joined us. In the locks, I am sooo glad I had my mast shipped by truck. A 60-foot mast on a 42 sailboat would have been a bad combo in winds that got me sideways. Consider biting the bullet and paying to ship - it was a load off my mind and worth the $1800. Ouch, yes, but a fraction of a bent mast. Good luck!

[@carolynlowe1354]

Love this

[@carolynlowe1354]

Stir Crazy. Thant’s awesome.

[@dennismckee7934]

. . . Aaaaaand I am . . . Perhaps we all get that way, after a while. Thanks for looking in, Carolyn.

[@dennismckee7934]

I'm glad this hit the spot - what a special place to share. Thank you! 😊

[@markbuskens6070]

Man that was good to watch,looks like a place I would love to see in person.my dad was a boatbuilder and so I’m I so I would feel right I’m at home there.The people must be great there and that hamburger must have been amazing.wish you had some more protection like a hardtop with some eyesnglass across the front.I bought a mk1 42 about 3 years ago but it was on the hard and now is on a big trailer in my back yard.So I’m enjoying you sail yours all over the place,man keep sharing and we ‘ll keep watching 🙏👍👍

[@denisemcdonald1793]

Hi! I’m a native and I’ll tell you about the rocky beach in a few months we’ll get another wind from the other direction and it will be a beautiful beach again. Thanks for visiting our Island.

[@dennismckee7934]

What an amazing landscape, beachscape and seascape you have - nothing like it. You live in a beautiful place filled with kind people.

[@bryanelam6128]

Just found your channel, and I'm absolutely thrilled you have footage of single-handing through locks!! I'll be watching all those first, as I have to get myself from Kentucky to the Gulf on the Ohio and Tenn-Tom in two years, and I've been pretty worried about doing it alone.

[@dennismckee7934]

Thanks again for watching, Andre'. Good luck to you.

[@dennismckee7934]

Hey Brian! They get a lot of coin for those bags. You hang out in some cool places, Bud. Great hearing from you. Passing Green Turtle Cay right now.

[@korhan-charlotte9171]

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing Dennis. Until next time. Cheers 🍻

[@carolynlowe1354]

Loved your Tory

[@dennismckee7934]

Cool place - nice folks. Thanks for hopping aboard.

[@danettebutcher4865]

How gorgeous! I love watching your videos.

[@dennismckee7934]

Hah! Well, I appreciate your compliment - as always - and maintain that your kind support has much more to do with you than me, Danette. You rock - thanks again and again

[@brianlowe753]

I have a canvas “diddy” bag from the Albury sail shop when we came over from Elbow Cay.

[@agentdouble-osoul158]

Perfect sailing day Dennis, and a picture perfect video. Big thanks for your time and commitment.

[@dennismckee7934]

Awesome - so glad the little glitches didn't hurt too badly. A software update and communication with KZbin turned me a bit orange. Maybe an improvement 😊

[@dennismckee7934]

Hey, Mark - sorry to hear that you aren't getting in all the sailing you want, but that boat you have is soooooo capable. A simple sailor that can move quickly in winds near 20. I hope all the planets align soon and you get the delicious burger that's waiting for you.

[@Starlight-Sailing-Adventure]

The day you stop learning you're dead. Lol

[@dennismckee7934]

Hah! The boating life is quite the journey of self improvement . . . But there sure have been a few boating le$$ons I would have liked to avoid. 😅 Thanks for taking an interest in me getting schooled, occasionally.

[@Andre-yu3qs]

Fantastic, thanks for sharing.

[@annecompagnion1970]

So cool Dennis. Happy to see you enjoying the beauty of the Bahamas.

[@dennismckee7934]

Hey, Anne - thank you for joining me on your side of the screen - you are a good listener 😊

[@philcheevers6587]

fantastic....i'm living vicariously through your trip. Since we met in Port Dalhousie, I've followed you south until I crashed and burned going the outside route down Cape Hatteras and the graveyard of the Atlantic. After 4 months in a shipyard in Beaufort, I'm so excited to get going again and you've once again led the way for me. Man of War is now definitely on my list for this season. Thank You. Have you picked a place to hang out for hurricane season? Phil @Cambio

[@annettenewberry1285]

Enjoying your videos Dennis! We'll be where you are in a few weeks. Currently at O'Brien Cay in the Exumas. Annette and Bill S/V County Girl

[@dennismckee7934]

Awesome!!! Coming back this way! I bet you have some stories - I'll check-in with you to see how you have avoided the wind down here making you are atop one of your mountains in Maine!😅

[@jennifercharles-lm4dm]

Loved everything about this. I’d like to drop off the radar down there. Just beautiful. Thank you

[@dennismckee7934]

Well, Jennifer - that place is going nowhere before you get there . . . Or after you get there . . . Nope . . . You can confidently plan for whenever the time is right and know that sense of joyous solitude will be there for you. Cheers to that day my friend.

[@carolynlowe1354]

Greaat

[@dennismckee7934]

Holy moly, Phil - a close call at Hatteras! Dang! My Stir Crazy email is on the webpage - send me a note if you want to provide more details. I'm shaking in my sailing shoes over that. Hurricane season - contemplating a place north and away from hurricanes to sail for the summer. I also need a place where i can more-easily stay fit and get off the boat for exercise. I need to bike, hike and climb hills.

[@Cormac11822]

Great video. Beautiful water. Sounds like great people. Yahoo chocolate milk!.. What else do you need? The true getaway is why we go to LeChenaeux

[@dennismckee7934]

Hey, the Le Chenaux islands are on my list and the subject of a future video - no doubt. One consideration - bugs . . . None in the Bahamas . . . But the U.P. - I'll need to make sure to take my screens. Thank you soooo much for hopping aboard.

[@dennismckee7934]

Hey, Derek! People ask me for that - and they laugh. KZbin still hasn't quite connected the same way with the data from my new camera as my old one - so . . . I appear more . . . Orange . . . So, if I am to balance out the entire color spectrum, I have to show more black and blue! Heh-heh 😅

[@svDansleau]

Another good one Dennis Can you take the fall off the trailer in your intro out pls, I can feel the pain on my leg every time I watch it 😂 Derek SV Sandii

[@TracieMckee-bs7fn]

I look away every time it gets to that part lol

[@mattheishman170]

Man of War is also the name of jellyfish

[@dennismckee7934]

Now that you mention it, Matt - I do recall hearing about the jellyfish. Odd name, eh?

[@mattheishman170]

@@dennismckee7934 It's huge seen 3

[@dennismckee7934]

Yikes!