x-no-archive:yes "Cheshire" wrote:

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 cruising guide suggests that the southern tip of Abaco is a poor
anchorage and also that Eleuthera is a difficult place to navigate, making
me think that I will have to go to Nassau. However, that seems like a long
run.

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

I don't know what your air draft is - can you get under the bridges in
the Lucayan waterway? If so you could go back across the Little
Bahama Banks, through the waterway. From the south side of Grand
Bahama it is an easy trip to the Berry Islands, and then from Chub or
Frazier's Hog Cay it is another easy day trip to Nassau.

I have done Chub to Lucaya, Bimini to Lucaya, Bimini to Chub/Frazier's
Hog Cay, and Frazier's Hog/Bird to Nassau and Coral Harbor (Nassau)
to Chub. Chub to Lucaya took us 15 hours (going west of the Berry
Islands), and Bimini to Frazier's Hog took us 2 days+, but we are a
one engine sailboat that makes about 5 knots unless we are sailing in
a good brisk wind.

grandma Rosalie

I don't know what your air draft is - can you get under the bridges in
the Lucayan waterway? If so you could go back across the Little
Bahama Banks, through the waterway. From the south side of Grand
Bahama it is an easy trip to the Berry Islands, and then from Chub or
Frazier's Hog Cay it is another easy day trip to Nassau.

Rosalie,

Our trawler is about 24' high, so we should be able to get under the bridge,
but the guide book indicates that the entrance to the Lucayan waterway is
around 3'. So what do you do, wait for high tide?

George

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"Cheshire" wrote:

I don't know what your air draft is - can you get under the bridges in
the Lucayan waterway? If so you could go back across the Little
Bahama Banks, through the waterway. From the south side of Grand
Bahama it is an easy trip to the Berry Islands, and then from Chub or
Frazier's Hog Cay it is another easy day trip to Nassau.

Rosalie,

Our trawler is about 24' high, so we should be able to get under the bridge,
but the guide book indicates that the entrance to the Lucayan waterway is
around 3'. So what do you do, wait for high tide?

Well I have a sailboat, so I can't do the Lucayan waterway at all.
What charts/guidebook do you have? Some of them are better than
others.


grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id2.html

I've been looking at the 'Bahamas Cruising Guide' by Matthew Wilson. By the
way, I don't think that grandma Rosalie is appropriate. I've seen your
pictures, and you don't look like a grandma. Besides, I am older than you.
(Just kidding. I know you must be a proud grandma. I'm hoping to be a
grandpa sometime.)

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"Cheshire" wrote:

I've been looking at the 'Bahamas Cruising Guide' by Matthew Wilson. By the

Yes I like that one, although it isn't the one that the in-group
recommends all the time. YMMV.

In any case, I think that it his waypoints are appropriate, although,
as always I only use them as a guide.

way, I don't think that grandma Rosalie is appropriate. I've seen your
pictures, and you don't look like a grandma. Besides, I am older than you.
(Just kidding. I know you must be a proud grandma. I'm hoping to be a
grandpa sometime.)

Thank you - My dad was carded (at a bar) on his 40th birthday, and I
take after him. Of course he died before his 69th birthday, and I
hope I don't take after him in that - I will be 66 next month. My mom
OTOH is 94.

I started using grandma when I first got onto the internet because I
didn't want to masquerade as a man, but I didn't want to be fending
off advances by adolescent boys. At this point I have 4 children ages
32 to 42 and 10 grandchildren - the oldest is 23 and the youngest is
2.5.

grandma Rosalie

Hey Rosalie,

Ran into Reese Palley at the Annapolis show. He has a new book out,
"Call of the Ancient Mariner". Aimed at us near-geriatric sailors. At
86 he has a lot of experience delaying the ultimate conversion to
trawlers. :-)

Also had dinner with Peggie who reports of a sighting the real Jax! :-)

Rosalie B. wrote:


Thank you - My dad was carded (at a bar) on his 40th birthday, and I
take after him. Of course he died before his 69th birthday, and I
hope I don't take after him in that - I will be 66 next month. My mom
OTOH is 94.

I started using grandma when I first got onto the internet because I
didn't want to masquerade as a man, but I didn't want to be fending
off advances by adolescent boys. At this point I have 4 children ages
32 to 42 and 10 grandchildren - the oldest is 23 and the youngest is
2.5.

grandma Rosalie

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