Haute Culture

It's been over a week since we had access to the internet, so this post is a bit overdue.
It was a weekend of high culture in the Abacos. First, there was the Barefoot Man concert at Nipper’s. Then, the world’s shortest St Patricks’s Day parade. Finally, an afternoon of Rake n Scrape at Grabber’s.
The Barefoot Man is a musician based in the Cayman’s. His rowdy and bawdy music is somewhat reminiscent of Jimmy Buffet’s. It celebrates such things as “Thong Gone Wrong” and "Fake Boobs and Belly Buttons." The story starts a few years ago when the Barefoot Man owned property on Guana Cay on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, a beautiful sand beach and a lovely barrier reef. The plan was to have a quiet getaway where he could escape nightclubs, bars and drunken crowds. Alas! Someone built Nipper’s right next to his property. Nipper’s—THE destination in the Abacos for yachties looking for great snorkeling, revelry, good times and the weekly pig roast. “The best laid plans . . .”
There is a silver lining. The Barefoot Man had such good times on Guana Cay and at Nipper’s that he puts on an annual FREE concert there. If Nipper’s is a mecca for partiers the rest of the year, it is absolutely Nirvana when the Barefoot man performs. Nipper’s colorful deck miraculously doesn’t collapse under the weight of the crowd. Rum punch, Kaliks, dancing and bikinis accompany the music.






























Then, there is always the chance to make new friends!


And, dance with old ones.


















www.barefootman.com

Next, back in Marsh Harbour, we have the World’s Shortest St Patrick’s Day Parade. Sixty or so boaters don the green, arm themselves with bells, whistles, pots, pans and conch horns. The raucous group.
Led by a bevy of bikinis, moves down Bay Street for about 3 blocks to Snappa’s Grill where a free drink awaits them. Live music, corned beef and cabbage, rum, Kaliks; it just doesn’t get any better! Oh, and more new friends. And a chance to get together with old friends, Jim and Ellie on s/v FinniRish

Finally, back on Guana Cay, Grabber’s presents Brown Tip, a Rake n Scrape group whose ear-splitting music is punctuated by the raspy rhythm of metal scraping across the teeth of an ordinary handsaw. The dancing is well lubricated with Kaliks and Grabber’s special frozen rum concoction.



We enjoyed the show with our friends Bil and Maureen, s/v Kalunamoo.