Blogs from Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 48

We finally left Georgetown, after being in the same spot for nearly six weeks. We headed south to Long Island and have spent the last week and a half there. Yesterday we arrived back in George Town, and are awaiting my 2 sisters arriving today for a short 5 day visit. Long Island is to the south and east of Exuma and is 78 miles long. It is becoming the southeastern mecca for boats cruising in the Bahamas. With good harbours and many modern facilities and services near decent anchorages, it is a “must see” while you are here. Already boasting several classy resorts, like Cape Santa Maria Beach resort, and 2 great marinas the island is beginning to be developed. The resort housing development of Stella Maris, on the East side of the island is ... read more

Mise au point Nous aimerions faire une mise au point concernant notre pêche en général dans les Bahamas. Nous avons reçu quelques courriels qui nous jugeaient sur la quantité de langoustes ou de crabes que nous avons pêchés. C’est bien évident que nous avons été très déçus de ces courriels. Pour ceux qui nous connaissent bien savent à quel point nous avons beaucoup d’entregent et nous allons beaucoup vers les autres navigateurs pour faire leurs connaissances. Parmis eux, plusieurs ne peuvent pratiquer ce sport qui est la pêche, soit par manque d’équipement, soit par la difficulté des profondeurs, soit par leurs âges, etc. Il n’y a pas 10% des navigateurs qui pêchent au Bahamas soit par les raisons énumérées ci-haut. Vous n’avez pas à vous en faire pour la population sous-marine. Et c’est pourquoi, nous avons ... read more

After a couple of wonderful days at Fernandez Bay we sailed on to New Bight, the capitol of Cat Island. As we approached the anchorage we caught our first glimpse of the Hermitage atop Mt. Alverna (the highest point in all the Bahamas at a whopping 206 feet above sea level- holy cow). We have read about the Hermitage in many cruising guides and were definitely looking forward to exploring this religious monument. So we traded in our flip-flops for tennis shoes and started the trek to the summit of Mt. Alverna the next day. It was hot thru the bush, but once we got closer to the top we could feel the cool ocean breeze. And the only difficult part of the climb was at the very end, which is a steep incline over rocky ... read more

We decided to sail to Fernandez Bay, about a 20 mile jaunt down Cat Island. We had read in the travel guide that Fernandez Bay has one of the most beautiful beaches on Cat Island and that the exclusive resort there has a great restaurant and tiki-bar right on the beach, just our style. So we went to check it out. As we approached the tricky entrance to this small bay, with coral heads and rocks to avoid on both sides, we admired this perfect anchorage. Not simply because we were the only boat there (good thing too because this small anchorage can only fit 1-2 boats) but once inside the bay the water is deep and calm, very protected. So we glided the Rum Runner up as close to the beach as we could, set ... read more

After riding out a couple of cold fronts, Chris Parker (the weather guru for sailors) predicted that we were to have a week of glorious weather. A high pressure ridge was going to put a stop to all those nasty cold fronts from reaching us here in the Bahamas- yohoo! Our original plan was to go back up and explore more of Eleuthera, but we changed our mind once we heard this lovely weather prediction. We decided to continue south to Little San Salvador and Cat Island, two places that you need good weather to visit. And seeing that Powell Pointe was the jumping off place for these destinations, it was a go. So we set sail for Little San Salvador. Little San Salvador is a small deserted island, except for the two times a week ... read more