Continuing North - Abaco's Barrier Island Cays

Sandy Cay (Coral Garden), Pelican Cays, Tilloo Cay Sand Bank

 On March 22nd we set out from Lynyard Cay heading north.  Our plan was to anchor in the lee of Sandy Cay (Coral Garden) which lay just 2 miles from us.....we could easily see it.  Six hours later we dropped anchor north of the huge sand bank at Tilloo Cay.

Unfortunately we found the Sandy Cay anchorage to be too unsettled .... too open to the ocean with too much swell.  We carried on north and made 2 separate attempts to anchor in the lee of the Pelican Cays.  They were too small to offer protection plus they had too much swell and current running round them. 

We continued to carry on and made our way around the Tilloo Sand Bank.  

It was certainly easy to see where the shallow water lay.  We tucked in on the north side of the bank for the night. 

The next day we moved forward and anchored at the north end of Tilloo Cay just around the corner from Tavern Cay.   While there we could see a huge beach/sand bar just north of us.  On March 24th, at high tide, we took the shallow passage route on the inside of Lubbers Quarter to anchor north of Baker's Rock.  Here we had a very enjoyable visit to Tahiti Beach (Elbow Cay, Hope Town)