 | M A R S H H A R B O U R
See-sawed with winds from opposite directions during the two storms, Marsh Harbour was perhaps one of the hardest hit locales. Virtually every dock on the northwest shore was wrecked or damaged, along with waterfront businesses, while the southeast side went relatively untouched.
• Conch Inn and The Moorings - While the Moorings 40-plus charter boats were safely hidden in creeks, a few private boats were thrown up on shore or sunk and the docks were ravaged. Repairs are already well underway on the 30-slips used for the charter fleet, with completion expected by Thanksgiving. The remaining 30 docks on the west side of the Conch Inn Marina were completely destroyed and will be rebuilt from scratch. The Moorings’ two-story building and Dive Abaco’s shop and boutique will be rebuilt on the property. Dive Abaco’s boat is fine and operating. The Conch Inn’s 10 rooms are being completely refurbished and the pool is being moved to the grassy area behind it to make room for new Moorings offices. The Conch Crawl restaurant is awaiting new kitchen facilities and will probably expand. Landscaping and a new wall along the road in front of the inn are also being built.
• Sapodilly’s Restaurant has much-needed additional parking, thanks to tree removal.
• Snappa’s Grill and Chill at Harbour View Marina was demolished, along with the rest of the marina, which is being rebuilt. Snappa’s will be rebuilt on the same location or on a site once occupied by the Tiki Hut to the west of the marina.
• Mangoes is using it’s seasonal closing period to repair and refurbish. The indoor restaurant will reopen by November 4 and the outdoor verandah by December 15. The marina will reopen next April.
• Wally’s Restaurant is rebuilding a damaged porch and roof, and will reopen in November on schedule.
• The Lofty Fig Villas had so little damage to it’s six units and grounds that owner Sid Dawes feels quilty.
• Abaco Beach Resort replaced some missing planks from their docks, scraped and repainted the pool, but otherwise had no damage and never closed.
• There was virtually no damage at Abaco Dive Adventures at Boat Harbour, which was taking out divers a few days after the storms, or at the adjacent Sea Horse Boat Rentals.
• Regattas of Abaco had damage to its oceanfront units but plans to be fully opened by mid November.
• Java Coffee House is being totally remodeled in a "long overdo" makeover. Conch Pearl Gallery next door suffered most of its artwork losses in a downtown Marsh Harbour bank vault where the insurance company insisted they be placed for protection. The vault was not waterproof.
• Rich’s Boat Rentals, located in a protected corner of the harbour, had no damage to its office, docks or boats.
• Wrackers store and gallery, like many Marsh Harbour businesses, was flooded with several feet of water. As in most stores, much merchandise was ruined and the cleanup was extensive. Almost all have now reopened.
E L B O W C A Y & H O P E T O W N
• Hope Town Harbour Lodge had the hotel up and running soon after the storm, but it took up to ten workers with shovels and wheelbarrows to move sand, which filled the pool and covered the deck and bar area, back onto the beach. Lunch is being served outside and everyone is enjoying the pool as usual. After repairs to flashing, siding and some painting, all rooms and villas reopened.
• Abaco Inn had extensive damage to the restaurant verandah and deck facing the ocean, but could open by Christmas.
• Sea Spray Marina had little damage to its westside marina on White Sound and is operating normally.
• Some low-lying houses on South Elbow Cay were damaged but not washed away as they were in Floyd. The upper road, however, is down to one lane due to severe beach erosion.
T R E A S U R E C A Y
• The Treasure Cay Resort Hotel and Marina is operating all marina services and will reopen the hotel over the Thanksgiving weekend with value season rates through the peak season from November 24 through April 10.
• Bahamas Beach Club had minor water and screening damage which was repaired and is open for rentals.
• Banyan Beach Club had extensive damage to its beachfront units, which are being totally refurbished, and lesser damage to back units. A re-opening date is yet to be announced.
G R E E N T U R T L E C A Y
• The Green Turtle Club is closed during a complete refurbishing which began before the storms. The docks, all of which were rebuilt after Floyd, are undamaged. The resort expects to reopen for Thanksgiving.
• Bluff House had roof damage to its front villas and both wind and water damage to the main bar and restaurant. The resort will be open by mid November with renovations.
• New Plymouth Inn, which is for sale, is closed.
• While there was considerable destruction to island vegetation, including trees, most is expected to come back. Green Turtle Cay’s beaches were largely unscathed and most damage to rental houses was cosmetic with most refurbishing already complete or underway.
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