"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:27:22 GMT, "FMac" said:

Are there any safe routes across the Great Bahama Bank south of Andros
Island that can be run at night or with poor visibility (5 1/2 foot
draft)?

If not, what is the best route from Marathon to the lower Exumas?

Check your charts. You will be running against a current and it's rather
shallow in the southern area of Andros Island. You might want to
reconsider
changing your route northwardly.

I take it that checking his charts is what lead to the question.

If I understand correctly what you're trying to say it's that you know the
area, and the answer to his first question is no.

I took the northerly route, because I was sailing solo. Perhaps, with a
lookout forward the area north of 23N can be navigated successfully.

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:08:52 GMT, "FMac" wrote:

I took the northerly route, because I was sailing solo. Perhaps, with a
lookout forward the area north of 23N can be navigated successfully.

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What was your route across the banks going northerly and did you have
to dodge any coral heads?

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:08:52 GMT, "FMac" wrote:

What was your route across the banks going northerly and did you have
to dodge any coral heads?

If I were to proceed, I would heed Grandma's advice. However, what I did
was slid up the Gulf Stream and hung a right to the Providence Channel then
went in to the Exuma Sound between Eleuthera an Cat Island and proceeded to
Sampson Cay. Admittedly, it's the long way but remember I was solo and
coral heads weren't in the equation. Regardless, it's one of the pretty
places I visited. Work it and have fun.