New Plymouth

The village of New Plymouth, located on the southern tip of Green Turtle Cay, is home to just over 400 people, most of whom can trace their ancestry back to the Loyalists of the American Revolutionary War. The first Loyalists to come to the Abacos were refugees from New York. We toured the Captain Roland Roberts house, now home to the Environmental Center, which focuses on saving the reefs. The Roberts were in that first group of Loyalists that settled on Green Turtle Cay.

Washers and dryers are available at the Green Turtle Club, close by, where we are anchored. We did two loads, which cost $4.00 per load for the washer and $4.00 per cycle for the dryer. One washer did not properly spin dry the clothes, so after spending $24.00 to wash and dry two loads, we ended up hanging half the items in the boat to finish drying.