Great Abaco Island, Bahamas

... and Manjack Cay which had many boats in it's anchorage. We sailed on a fast beam reach as far as the north end of Little Abaco. We then decided to start the engine and motor sail as the wind was getting lighter and we wanted to keep up our speed. We ...

... We were cold and wet most of the trip, but we were making progress. The islands we passed were nothing like I imagined the Bahamas to be, mostly mangroves and some sea grass - not the beautiful sand beaches you see in the pictures. On Tuesday the ...

We felt quite sad to be leaving Hope Town on the 6th. We waited until 2 hrs before high tide before we dropped the mooring ball and made our way out of the well marked channel and turned left along the shore and then right,once we were behind the ...

... made it into Sea Spray Marina Resort just before high water with never less than 7 feet. 4 feet is an ideal draft for the Bahamas however boats of 6 feet can manage ok but can be quite tide restricted. The slips at Sea Spray have 5 to 6 feet depth. The ...