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Background: Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.

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By Born Free
April 15th 2008

Eleuthera et son sable rose

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un dauphin qui a fait un petit bout de chemin avec nous

Lundi 7 avril -Warderick vers Governor Harbour Ce matin, c’est le grand départ pour Eleuthera, nous laissons dernière nous avec nostalgie, les Exumas. Ces îles ou nous avons été ébloui par la beauté de l’eau et par les îles désertes qu’on y trouve. Ces îles bordées de plages immaculées et entourées d’eau translucides aux spirales allant du turquoise pâle au bleu saphiré. La traversée vers Eleuthera c’est très bien déroulé, nous avons eu des vents du sud-est de 10 à 15 nœuds et Born Free s’est fait valser par une vague de 4 pieds. Nous avons pri [View Full Entry]

By Double Wide Cat
March 20th 2008

On The Road Again

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Half Moon Bay
A Private Island for Holland America Cruise Line

“On the Road Again” We have left Georgetown and have now started our trip north. We pulled up the anchor and set sail with brisk 15-18 knot SE winds on Tuesday morning the 4th of March about 09:00 and headed for Conch Cut. This is the opening between the reefs that allows boats access to Exuma Sound. From there we set a course for the southern end of Cat Island which is about 37.4 miles NE of Georgetown. We had a great sail with a beam reach and 5’ ocean swells coming into the sound from the Atlantic. We arrived in [View Full Entry]

By Rum Runner
January 23rd 2008

Gregory Town

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Gregory Town
This small settlement, set on a hill in this tiny bay.

We left Spanish Wells in the morning; it was dead calm so we motored along the bank and thru Current Cut to Eleuthera. Current Cut is a very narrow, very shallow channel where the water flows like a river at about 5-6 knots. It was tricky to navigate, to avoid the coral heads and to avoid running aground. I had to stand at the bow and be on the lookout while we went thru this treacherous section of the trip. After getting thru the narrowest part, a section which is about100 feet wide or so, you have to do a 90 [View Full Entry]

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