Bahamas

Eleuthera Island was once a major exporter of pineapples.  Although tourism has now taken over as their major industry, they still celebrate this heritage in the form of an annual Pineapple Festival in Gregory Town in the first week of June. We were not far away, and it was the […]

We lifted anchor at Annie’s Bight early in the morning to catch a ‘favourable’ tide through Current Cut and the Northern end of Eleuthera Island. There was barely a breath of wind and the Bight of Eleuthera was like a swimming pool.  A crystal clear 4m deep swimming pool! Our […]

Time to say goodbye to the Island of Eleuthera and my favourite Bahamian anchorage, so far, Egg Island. There has been little or no wind for the last few days, but we will have to ‘bite the bullet’ and waste some fuel to continue North. Our plans are to head up […]

June is a funny time to travel in the Abacos weather wise.  Most of the time it is sunny with light winds, but occasionally we get squalls come through that dump a load of rain and blow us about a bit. The storm clouds are easy to pick out.  In […]

One problem with the Bahamas is… it is very, very shallow. Especially for our boat with a 2m draft.  We have learned to cut if very close. We try to find sandy spots with no rocks and get in as shallow as we can. Before coming to the Bahamas we […]

Hope Town, on Elbow Cay, is the iconic Abacos sea side harbour.  With it’s candy striped light house, cottage style homes and palm tree lined beaches it is a very popular holiday spot for the affluent American market. Just a short ferry ride from the International Airport at Marsh Town, […]