The troops gathered at the entrance to the "other" marina before 10 for the mile walk to the Albury Ferry Dock in Marsh Harbor. The walk took us by some interesting sights including this neat castle-like mansion and some pretty flowers. We boarded Donnie VII (all Albury ferries are named Donnie) for the 20 minute ride to Man-O-Way Cay for their second Heritage Day celebration. We were lucky enough to be here two years ago for the first and were anxious to share the experience with everyone else.
Jay got special transportation - - - aboard Presto! with Roger and Patti Martin and arrived about an hour after we did. Presto! draws less than 2 feet and can anchor anywhere, so there was room for her in harbor - - - no so for the rest of us.
We posed underneath the Lignum Vitae tree while waiting for Jay and decided to make it our meeting place - - which was unnecessary as the island is so small we continually ran into each other all day!
We did not do as good a job of visiting all the numbered special sites on the island this year, but made sure we visited Albury Brothers Boats where we posed in front of our friend George Glatfelter's Albury 23 due to be completed in 10 days! I was also amused by site #6 which was the home of Robbie and Alice (my brother and sister's
names).
names).
The most interesting demonstration was the making of rope. The guy on the left is on a skateboard like contraption that has a crank that he turns continually. The reason he's on "wheels" is that the rope will shrink about 8 feet for the 100 foot lengths of the three strands he started with during the operation. The middle guy has a bullet shaped device with three grooves and he keeps the tension on as the first guy cranks. The guy behind him is keeping the three strands straight. The other end of the process is a large crank that spins three nails on the other side of the contraption each with a piece of twine attached. The process took about 45 minutes.
After a beer-less lunch (Man-O-War Cay is a dry island) we took a walk across the island to the windward side and I, of course, looked for shells. Not a lot to be found, but the views were as spectacular as any we've seen and the road signs are worth a chuckle.
Back aboard Brunelle we ate leftovers from last night augmented by some Conch Salad from Sojer Day and tried out my newly purchased conch horn as we watched the fiery sunset. Unfortunately yesterday's rain wasn't enough and we noticed there was a new fire burning further to the northwest. Jay looks good, but he couldn't get much more than a squeak out of it. I got one short blast, but we both need some practice before our next sunset.
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