Andros Mangrove Cay Homecoming Festival

Mangrove Cay Homecoming and Regatta, held on Mother's Day weekend in this central Andros community, pairs Class C sprig-rig sloop racing with a church service and family reunion, drawing residents back to a settlement known mainly for bonefishing and separated from North Andros by the North and Middle Bight channels. The Mother's Day timing sets it apart from most other Bahamian homecomings, which typically cluster around August dates.

Mangrove Cay sits in the middle of Andros, separated from the island's northern section by the tidal channels known as the North and Middle Bight, and each year its Homecoming and Regatta gives the community its main public gathering, timed deliberately to Mother's Day weekend in May rather than the August dates common to many other family island homecomings.