CORAL PALMS MARINA
Immerse yourself in ultra private 360 degree blue water vistas from your own world class boating and fishing compound!
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him for the entire weekend.”
- Zenna Schaffer
This 14± acre estate spans the Atlantic to the Sea of Abaco with diverse beaches on both sides, and yet still offers easy access to nearby restaurants, medical and other amenities. Each living space is designed to showcase magnificent views, featuring 7 bedrooms and 8+ bathrooms (+ 2 half baths) across two luxurious yet relaxed residences. Meticulously maintained by a knowledgeable and dependable caretaker, this estate is a true a turnkey compound.
Enjoy lush gardens, greenhouses, scenic walking paths, golf carts, and ample storage throughout. Built to Dade/Broward hurricane standards, this fortress includes 3 emergency generators, a 215,000-gallon fresh water storage system, reverse osmosis filtration, and numerous other provisions for your peace of mind. Beautiful and practical mesh greenhouses supplies vegetables and fruits year round
Coral Palms Marina is ripe for expansion—without any HOA rules or fees, you can spread out in any direction!
The estate features a dedicated 8 foot draft 110’ x 100’ hurricane hole marina, making it a haven for boating enthusiasts. Coral Palms Marina is the only Abaco private marina cut out of solid coral of this size. The marina is equipped with power poles, fresh water supply, icemaker, freezers, rod storage, cleaning table, a 35-foot covered boat lift, and more! For your convenience, a nearly new 32’ Seavee Center Console Boat with twin 4 stroke 300 HP Mercury engines is also available for purchase.
GROUNDS:
• 983’ of Atlantic Ocean frontage and approximately 1040’ of Sea of Abaco Bay frontage
• Approximate 14± acre sea to sea parcel (Atlantic Ocean to Bay of Abacos)
• Approximately 1.5 miles of crushed coral golf cart paths, with 1 foot x 1 foot coral retaining walls.
• 48’ x 33’ x 7’ stainless steel welded wire garden house where tomatoes, basil, pineapples and other vegetables and plants are grown.
• In addition to native plants owners have planted over 4000 trees, including 1000+ coconut palms, 6+ mahogany swietenia trees, 1000+ green button woods, 1000+ silver button woods and another 1000+ palms and other trees.
MARINA:
• 110’ x 100’ x 8’ deep marina cut out of solid coral.
• 20’ x 20’ boat house on dock with freezers, icemaker, fishing tackle, VHF radio, boating gear
• 8’ x 2.5’ built in fish cleaning table with water
• Boat Lift: covered 13,000 pound lift for 32’ SeaVee
• 32’ Seavee Center Console Boat available for purchase 2022 factory rebuilt as new including new electronics in 2022, pair of 2024 new Mercury 300 HP 4 stroke engines, VHF, Radar, 2000W depthsounder, plotter, head under console, 18 rod holders, livewell, T-Top
MARINA BOAT HOUSE:
• 2 freezers added to store bait and ice blocks. Pressure treated wooden platforms were built under freezers in case of high water
• 1 icemaker producing 300 pounds crushed ice / per day
• Wall mounted rod holders
• Desk for caretaker to use with phone jacks
• Shelves for fishing and boat related supplies
• VHF radio installed with extended antenna and 12 V power supply
• Pilings at the dock house have plastic sheathes added filled with concrete to make buildings more stable in hurricanes
• Wiring for underwater lights
• Outdoor path lighting
DIVE GEAR: Dive gear was purchased from Fort Lauderdale dive shop
• 3 – 80 Cubic foot aluminum tanks
• 5 – Buoyancy compensators
• 5 – octopus pressure, depth gauges on regulators
• Approximately 12 masks, snorkels, and fins
• Miscellaneous Hawaiian slings, spear gun,
• 2 lift bags for recovering canons
FISHING TACKLE:
• 2 - 50# tiagra tackle
• 4 - smaller tackle
• 6 - spinning rods/reels
• 7- Lures for Wahoo fishing
• Mesh bags for yellow tail fishing.
BULDINGS:
• Dade/Broward County Hurricane construction standards were incorporated into the buildings. All windows, doors, and garage doors are Dade/Broward hurricane rated.
• All Hurricane Rated windows, doors, and garage doors do not require any Hurricane preparation.
• Trex Decking on all decks on main house, guest house and marina. This improves longevity of materials and prevents splinters
MAIN HOUSE:
• 6500+/- sq feet indoor space
• 3200+/- sq feet covered verandas and porches
• Master bedroom w/ 2 separate baths (his w/ closet, shower & sink, hers w/closet, tub & sink), King bed
• Two guest bedrooms w/ private baths, each having two twin beds
• Basement Bedroom w/ sliding doors has bath, currently used as exercise room
• Office and master bedroom has pine flooring, and pine shelving in the office
• 5.5 bathrooms
• sleeps 6 with 1 king bed, and 4 twin beds
• Tan limestone floors in halls and on main level and on the second floor
• “U” shaped kitchen, with 2 new refrigerators, 1 in kitchen & 1 in pantry,
• two stainless steel sinks with disposals, Corian counter tops.
• All windows hurricane rated (lexan sandwiched between glass panes)
• All doors, side lights and transom windows, sliding doors, garage doors are hurricane rated
• Stainless steel hurricane straps were added on beams, posts & where posts attach to Decks where accessible. All floor joists from the crawl space or basement have been rehung with stainless steel joist hangers where accessible.
• 304 Stainless Steel standing seam roof with double the specified # of Screws were add ed, and stainless steel gutters
• PVC down spouts
• PVC railings and spindles on main house
• 55,000 gallons freshwater cistern storage under Atlantic Porch side deck
Basement:
• 20 cubic foot freezer
• Carbon water filter for cistern water
• 2 hot water heaters, HVAC units
• Basement golf cart garage holds 2 golf carts
• Miscellaneous storage
• Lounge Chairs and noodles for beach
Guest House:
• 2200+/- sq ft, 360+/- sq ft porches
• 3 bedrooms
• 3 bathrooms, half bath in garage for gardeners
• Master bedroom with King Bed, Master Bath, with a study in suite.
• Two guest bedrooms @ w/ private bath, each with two twin beds
• garage with reverse osmosis and water tanks
• maintenance shop
• All windows hurricane rated (lexan sandwiched between glass panes)
• All doors, windows, sliding doors and garage door are hurricane rated
• Stainless steel hurricane straps were added on beams, posts & where posts attach to decks where accessible. All floor joists from the crawl space or basement have been rehung with stainless steel joist hangers.
• shingled roof with stainless steel gutters
• PVC down spouts
• PVC railings and spindles
• Tile flooring
• New refrigerator in 2021
• One stainless steel sink with disposal, Corian counter tops.
• Air conditioning
• parking for golf carts
• Reverse Osmosis water filtration system for complex in guest house garage
• 55,000 gallons freshwater cistern storage under Master Bedroom porch
• Two Car Garage at Guest House:
• Garage doors 10’ x 8’ wide
• Location for 3,000 gallon per day Watermaker, 1 salt water tank and 1 fresh water tank
• Small hand tools: drills, drill bits, sanders, paint and brushes, etc.
Morbark 8” diesel wood and brush chipper
John Deere gator trailer stored in garage
Washer and dryer for guest house located in garage
• Golf Cart with dump bed for workers
6 passenger Golf cart with bed for owners
3 passenger golf Cart with bed for guests
Main house generator building:
• 75KW generator/transfer switch for Main house to run everything
• 13KW generator/transfer switch to run selected lights, freezers, dehumidifiers, after hurri cane as uses less fuel
• If fuel is scarce, dehumidification is needed and the 75KW generator transfer switch is turned off and the 13KW transfer switch is turned on
Guest House Marina Generator building:
• 40KW generator/transfer switch. Runs freezers, dehumidifier & limited lights.
• Can not run all air-conditioners, appliances and boats at the same time.
6 Electrical Meters:
When the main house was originally built, there were 6 electrical meters installed in preparation for adding additional structures. Currently 3 meters used for: main house, guest house, and water pump for irrigation.
Additional Construction:
There are no deed restrictions limiting additional construction, but new construction must be approved by the island council. No HOA, no dues, no HOA regulations.
Proximity to Amenities:
• Approximately 2 miles from the center of town
• Approximately 5 miles from Marsh Harbour by boat over the Bay of Abacos, to hard ware, grocery, liquor stores and repair facilities for outboard motors, and other gener ally available services.
• Marsh Harbour International Airport is the second busiest airport in the Bahamas.
Island facts:
• Man-o-war has fewer than a half dozen small cars and trucks used for delivery, but has hundreds of golf carts used for transportation. Property comes with 3 golf carts.
• Man-o-war Cay has approximately 250 full time residents, and 150 second homeowners
• The community is very safe and has 5 churches and has recently allowed beer and wine to be served at restaurants
• Bahamian houses are normally sold furnished less personal items
Climate:
• Year round tropical conditions exist where water temperatures range from 85 degrees in summer to 70 degrees in the winter.
• Rainy season runs from late June to November.
• Trade winds blow from the North during winter and south during Summer.
• Rainfall averages up to 58 inches.
• Winters are cool and has higher likelihood of breezy days.
Beaches:
• Beach on the Atlantic side is mostly coral rock in the winter as north winds move the sand to the south end of the island.
• In the summer the prevailing winds/currents move the sand from the south end of the island to the north end resulting in sand on the Atlantic beach.
• Sandy beaches are on the bay side year around.
• The depth of the water on the Bay side is less than 8 feet making it easy to dive for starfish, sand dollars and shells.
Shelling:
About 15 miles to the south and south of Elbow Cay toward Little Harbour there are small islands where if the prevailing winds are good will collect shells in knee deep mounds which makes beach coming and walking fun for adults and kids,
Sea Turtles:
In 2009, the Bahamas banned the sale and harvesting of sea turtles and now it is common to see more than a dozen turtles in the shallow grass bottom bays most any day.
Fishing:
• Fish available to catch include: grouper, many kinds of snapper, wahoo, marlin, mahi-mai (dolphin fish), sailfish, tuna, sharks and more.
• In 2009, Bahamas outlawed using fish traps so numbers of full size fish caught has risen significantly.
• In a billfish sportfishing tournament in 2011, McKinney’s boat caught the current Bahamian record Blue Marlin of 1,119 pounds caught 15 miles offshore.
Wrecks/Historic Ruins:
Off the Eastern shore of Man-O-War Cay, a United States Battle Ship of the Civil War period at full speed wrecked on the offshore reef. To this day one can snorkel or dive and see 12’ canons, and gears used in this steamer. In addition, on an island north of Man-O-War, we found about a dozen sterling silver forks, and spoons, copper nails for sheathing boat hulls with copper, and bronze spikes used to hold hull planks on the ribs of old wooden sailing ships. These items are in the Man-O-War museum donated by the McKinneys. On an additional wreck a canon was found approximately 1 mile north of the Hole-in-the-wall lighthouse at the south end of Great Abaco Island. Ruins of stone farm houses and support houses for the lighthouse are nearby.
History: During the late 1700s a group of USA Southern residents loyal to the King of England asked to be moved and were relocated to the Abacos, Eleuthera, and other Bahamian Islands. These groups of settlers were relocated to islands where there were natural harbors. Four local islands with natural harbors were Green Turtle, Marsh Harbour, Elbow Cay and Man-O-War Cay.
Restaurants:
• One of two restaurants have been rebuilt on Man-o-war.
• Several Residents in MOW have take-out food service.
• By boat, there are a many good restaurants available within a 15 minute boat ride in Guana Cay, Marsh Harbour, Elbow Cay, Treasure Cay Marina plus small local restaurants with docks.
Shipment into Abacos:
• Port of Marsh Harbour has bi-weekly freighters who ship from the Port of West Palm Beach directly to the Port of Marsh Harbour.
• Local landing crafts deliver goods directly to the properites private marina, and off load with a davit.
• Local landing craft can deliver 40’ sea containers directly to the property.
Marsh Harbour International Airport:
Marsh Harbour Airport is the second busiest airport in the Bahamas. Direct commercial air lines include Delta, United, Bahamas Air. The FBO at Marsh Harbour Airport supports private jets.
Mosquitoes:
There are NO mosquitoes on the NORTH end of Man-O-War Cay.
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