leave Little harbor at 7am and go to Spanish Wells a 48 mile run
....You will have good light to navigate through the reefs when you get
there..Pick up a mooring there and enjoy dinner at your choice of good
diners less than 500 feet from your mooring...I do it all the time...







(LaBomba182) wrote in message ...
Subject: Bahamas in January
From: "Cheshire"

We are planning a trip of 4 to 6 weeks, beginning in January. I would like
to go through the Abacos first at a leisurely pace and then head down to the
northern Exumas. What is the best route from Marsh or Little Harbor to the
Exumas?

The answer to that question is weather dependent of course.

The cruising guide suggests that the southern tip of Abaco is a poor
anchorage

The very southern tip perhaps but you can anchor in and around the Litte
Harbour, Laynyard Cay area and wait out must any weather before shooting over
to Eleuthera. (50nm to Egg Island)
Then stop in Spanish Wells for fuel and provisions before heading to the
Exumas.
40-45 nm from Spanish Wells to Beacon Cay the top of the Exumas.

and also that Eleuthera is a difficult place to navigate,

The only spot that's in any way difficult would be the route to Harbour Island
and if you don't want to navigate it yourself just hire a guide at Spanish
Wells. Besides, if your heading to the Exumas there is no reason to go to
Harbour Island any way.

We are on a two engine trawler and make about 9-10 knots.

The above is the way we did it this summer in the same type vessel.

And I would allocate at least as much time in the Exumas as in the Abacos.


Capt. Bill