Last April and May, we spent several stays at Palm Cay Marina, a great place on the southeast corner of New Providence Island (NPI). Also the home to the busier city of Nassau, NPI is the largest island of the 700+ islands of the Bahamas.
Being attached to a condo development, the marina has many more amenities than other marinas we've stayed at the Bahamas. A great pool, sandy crescent beach with paddle boards and kayaks for use, an oceanfront tiki bar, a full laundry, and a loaner car that we can use for 2 hrs at a time to go get supplies, etc. It's a perfect place to call home while we prep to head to the more remote islands of the Bahamas. The staff are amazing, they remembered us from last spring and greeted us like family with hugs and smiles as we pulled in.
It was stormy and cold the first few days we were here, upper 50s at night and low 60s during the day, so we had to don our sweatshirts and fleece to sit at the tiki bar but we "suffered" through with our sailing buddies. During the warmth of the day, we took a walk to B's Ice Cream Parlor, with such an assortment of tropical flavors we could be here weeks and not try them all.
We had planned on only staying a few days this time, but as always, things have a way of changing. The night before our scheduled departure, Eric discovered an engine issue that needed to be double checked before heading to islands where no parts/supplies would be readily available. While we waved goodbye to our sailing buddies aboard Finley and River Rat, Eric made some repairs and Karrie and the kids put in some good schoolwork time as well as some playtime. All is well now and we will depart at first weather window.
Reed met a wonderful 10 year old boy, Stian, from Norway who is also on a 2-3 year cruise with his parents. Stian spoke English pretty well but they immediately found common ground by digging into their respective LEGO collections. There is also a large-scale chess board on the grounds of Palm Cay so they got some games in there, as well.
Ava loves the paddleboard, Reed prefers the kayak. We also watched the local fisherman come in with their catch of the day, easy to buy some fresh fish - red snapper!- right off the boat to have for dinner. Hopefully we will be catching our own soon enough in the out islands.
Thanks for following and enjoy!
Being attached to a condo development, the marina has many more amenities than other marinas we've stayed at the Bahamas. A great pool, sandy crescent beach with paddle boards and kayaks for use, an oceanfront tiki bar, a full laundry, and a loaner car that we can use for 2 hrs at a time to go get supplies, etc. It's a perfect place to call home while we prep to head to the more remote islands of the Bahamas. The staff are amazing, they remembered us from last spring and greeted us like family with hugs and smiles as we pulled in.
It was stormy and cold the first few days we were here, upper 50s at night and low 60s during the day, so we had to don our sweatshirts and fleece to sit at the tiki bar but we "suffered" through with our sailing buddies. During the warmth of the day, we took a walk to B's Ice Cream Parlor, with such an assortment of tropical flavors we could be here weeks and not try them all.
We had planned on only staying a few days this time, but as always, things have a way of changing. The night before our scheduled departure, Eric discovered an engine issue that needed to be double checked before heading to islands where no parts/supplies would be readily available. While we waved goodbye to our sailing buddies aboard Finley and River Rat, Eric made some repairs and Karrie and the kids put in some good schoolwork time as well as some playtime. All is well now and we will depart at first weather window.
Reed met a wonderful 10 year old boy, Stian, from Norway who is also on a 2-3 year cruise with his parents. Stian spoke English pretty well but they immediately found common ground by digging into their respective LEGO collections. There is also a large-scale chess board on the grounds of Palm Cay so they got some games in there, as well.
Ava loves the paddleboard, Reed prefers the kayak. We also watched the local fisherman come in with their catch of the day, easy to buy some fresh fish - red snapper!- right off the boat to have for dinner. Hopefully we will be catching our own soon enough in the out islands.
Thanks for following and enjoy!