Yearly archives: 2015

We have had a wonderful time in the isolated Jumento Cays, but the cupboards are getting empty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Also we are missing having an internet connection.  We are lucky enough to have a SSB (single side band) radio and a pactor modeum to receive basic messages […]

We had moved around to House Bay, Raccoon Cay, to ride out the last of the north setting winds of the storm front that had passed through the Jumento Cays. We anchored up in the northern corner of the bay to tuck ourselves out of the northerly swell that was […]

The Jumento Cays are the least popular sailing destination in the Bahamas. They are a scattering of mostly small isolated arid islands with no ‘all round’ protected harbours.   Besides Ragged Island, at the furthest southern end of the chain, there are few land based activities and no other place to […]

Water Cay does not have any protection in a north wind, so we decided to move south to Flamingo Cay. It was a lovely downwind sail and we anchored right close to the beach in crystal clear water in the lee of a rocky outcrop. Our charts told us to […]

We had come to the Jumeto Cays for some peace and quiet and some good fishing.  Thankfully we found both. The whole ‘armada’ of boats we found anchored up at Water Cay the evening started radioing each other first thing in the morning and they all left together shortly after. […]

Vessels with drafts greater then 1.5m wishing to visit the Jumentos (Ragged Islands) from the Exumas must either go all the way around Long Island, or cut across the Great Bahama Bank at the Comer Channel.  We struggled to find information on the Comer Channel, especially tide times, so we […]