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Favorite Islands
Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. How about
everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. |
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On 9/20/2011 3:38 PM, Wayne B wrote:
Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. How about everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. Ya man Mo Bay irie. Dunns River Falls, Sint Marteen, Martinique, St. Kitts, Providenciales, Margarita Island, Aruba, Bermuda, Saint Thomas, Cozumel, Cancun. All special All nice and warm. Most favorite Jamaica. Least favorite Yucatan Peninsula. |
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"Wayne B" wrote in message ... Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. How about everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. Hi Wayne, I have fond memories of time spent at Hope Town (Elbow Cay), Marsh Harbour (Great Abaco), Spanish Wells (St. Georges Cay), Chub Cay and Fort Jefferson (Garden Key). Specifically, having locals bring a delicious dinner of Bahamian food to the boat while at anchor in the beautiful harbor of Hope Town. Hottest damned peppers I've ever encountered. Little yellow buggers would bring tears to your eyes. Also, a wonderful day of fishing and conching out of Spanish Wells guided by the one and only Aziel Bertram Pinder. A white-knuckle landing at Marsh Harbour airport. Come to think of it, the departure take-off was pretty wild as well. I was offered a chance to go fishing with some guys I met at the marina at Chub Cay. They had a long and narrow center console with BIG triple outboards. I swear the boat was in the air as much as it was in the water. Fun ride. And finally, trading cold beer for fresh shrimp with a shrimp boat off Fort Jefferson. Russ |
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On 9/20/11 3:38 PM, Wayne B wrote:
Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. How about everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. Crete, Corfu, Sicily, St. Simons, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. -- I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one. |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:38:21 -0400, Wayne B wrote:
Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. How about everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food! http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:47:51 -0700, "RG" wrote:
"Wayne B" wrote in message .. . Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. How about everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. Hi Wayne, I have fond memories of time spent at Hope Town (Elbow Cay), Marsh Harbour (Great Abaco), Spanish Wells (St. Georges Cay), Chub Cay and Fort Jefferson (Garden Key). Specifically, having locals bring a delicious dinner of Bahamian food to the boat while at anchor in the beautiful harbor of Hope Town. Hottest damned peppers I've ever encountered. Little yellow buggers would bring tears to your eyes. Also, a wonderful day of fishing and conching out of Spanish Wells guided by the one and only Aziel Bertram Pinder. A white-knuckle landing at Marsh Harbour airport. Come to think of it, the departure take-off was pretty wild as well. I was offered a chance to go fishing with some guys I met at the marina at Chub Cay. They had a long and narrow center console with BIG triple outboards. I swear the boat was in the air as much as it was in the water. Fun ride. And finally, trading cold beer for fresh shrimp with a shrimp boat off Fort Jefferson. Russ Good choices Russ. We have fond memories of Marsh Harbour, Hope Town and Spanish Wells also. I assume you are talking about Ft Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas? Very unique place. We had a Giant Grouper that must have weighed at least 300 pounds camped out under our boat the whole time we were there. Ever once in awhile he'd stick his nose out where we could see him. If you haven't been to Staniel Cay in the Exumas, I think you'd enjoy that area also. |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H
wrote: Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food! http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg === I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time. Disney is very good at what they do. What bothers me is that a company like Disney buys an island, takes it private, changes the name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World, and calls it the Bahamas. It's not even close to being the Bahamas except for some of the scenery. |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:38:21 -0400, Wayne B
wrote: Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. How about everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. Northwest: Stuart and Satellite Islands for their seclusion and beauty. |
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On Sep 20, 2:38*pm, Wayne B wrote:
Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. *How about everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: *Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. *Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. *Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. *Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: *St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. Kauai'i - but I've never boated there but took a Catamaran tour of the S west shore. That was a lot of fun! But I've never really been to very many islands except on the Wabash river which are sand bar humps, but I have an open invitation to go fishing with a friend off the Fl. keys, in his 27 ft Mako. I might take him up on it this winter.... |
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On Sep 20, 3:47*pm, "RG" wrote:
"Wayne B" wrote in message ... Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. *How about everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points? I'll start: Northeast: *Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. *Both are convenient to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. *Both have great scenery and well protected harbors. *Both have good fishing and supplies. Caribbean: *St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and ambience. Hi Wayne, I have fond memories of time spent at Hope Town (Elbow Cay), Marsh Harbour (Great Abaco), Spanish Wells (St. Georges Cay), Chub Cay and Fort Jefferson (Garden Key). Specifically, having locals bring a delicious dinner of Bahamian food to the boat while at anchor in the beautiful harbor of Hope Town. *Hottest damned peppers I've ever encountered. *Little yellow buggers would bring tears to your eyes. *Also, a wonderful day of fishing and conching out of Spanish Wells guided by the one and only Aziel Bertram Pinder. *A white-knuckle landing at Marsh Harbour airport. *Come to think of it, the departure take-off was pretty wild as well. *I was offered a chance to go fishing with some guys I met at the marina at Chub Cay. *They had a long and narrow center console with BIG triple outboards. *I swear the boat was in the air as much as it was in the water. *Fun ride. *And finally, trading cold beer for fresh shrimp with a shrimp boat off Fort Jefferson. Russ hey Russ!!!! |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:20:41 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: But I've never really been to very many islands except on the Wabash river which are sand bar humps, but I have an open invitation to go fishing with a friend off the Fl. keys, in his 27 ft Mako. I might take him up on it this winter.... ======= If you're in Florida you should stop by and see your alternator, which by the way, is performing superbly ! |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:49:24 -0400, wrote:
Sounds like class warfare to me. Not everybody can afford your islands, Wayne. Not trying to be a political ass, but it is what it is. ======== This is a news group about boats and boating. Boating requires a certain amount of disposable income. If that bothers you for some reason, you are in the wrong place. |
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On Sep 20, 9:02*pm, Wayne B wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:20:41 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: But I've never really been to very many islands except on the Wabash river which are sand bar humps, but I have an open invitation to go fishing with a friend off the Fl. keys, in his 27 ft Mako. *I might take him up on it this winter.... ======= If you're in Florida you should stop by and see your alternator, which by the way, is performing superbly ! Wayne, that may be on the agenda. I'm tired of hanging around here all winter. |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:50:31 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: On Sep 20, 9:02*pm, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:20:41 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: But I've never really been to very many islands except on the Wabash river which are sand bar humps, but I have an open invitation to go fishing with a friend off the Fl. keys, in his 27 ft Mako. *I might take him up on it this winter.... ======= If you're in Florida you should stop by and see your alternator, which by the way, is performing superbly ! Wayne, that may be on the agenda. I'm tired of hanging around here all winter. ====== Any time, just need some advance notice. |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:07:15 -0400, Wayne B
wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:49:24 -0400, wrote: Sounds like class warfare to me. Not everybody can afford your islands, Wayne. Not trying to be a political ass, but it is what it is. ======== This is a news group about boats and boating. Boating requires a certain amount of disposable income. If that bothers you for some reason, you are in the wrong place. "certain amount" is relative. reminds me of the congressman who's bitching about being taxed too much since, after expenses, all he can save is around 400K a year. |
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On Sep 20, 11:20*pm, Wayne B wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:50:31 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Sep 20, 9:02 pm, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:20:41 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: But I've never really been to very many islands except on the Wabash river which are sand bar humps, but I have an open invitation to go fishing with a friend off the Fl. keys, in his 27 ft Mako. I might take him up on it this winter.... ======= If you're in Florida you should stop by and see your alternator, which by the way, is performing superbly ! Wayne, that may be on the agenda. I'm tired of hanging around here all winter. ====== Any time, just need some advance notice. Oh, I believe in ample warning.... |
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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:29 -0400, Wayne B wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H wrote: Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food! http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg === I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time. Disney is very good at what they do. What bothers me is that a company like Disney buys an island, takes it private, changes the name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World, and calls it the Bahamas. It's not even close to being the Bahamas except for some of the scenery. They do provide employment for a bunch of folks from Abaco. |
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:08:56 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:07:15 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:49:24 -0400, wrote: Sounds like class warfare to me. Not everybody can afford your islands, Wayne. Not trying to be a political ass, but it is what it is. ======== This is a news group about boats and boating. Boating requires a certain amount of disposable income. If that bothers you for some reason, you are in the wrong place. What bothered me was the tone of your "I can afford a better place than that Disney pap" response to John. Why belittle his experience with that island? You started the thread, then take people to task for making their offering. ============ You need to read my response again because something seems to have been lost in translation. John had a great time there, other people have a great time there, but any resemblance to the real Bahamas is purely coincidental. It is probably possible to go other places in the Bahamas for less money but without the sanitized Disney ambience. |
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:38:21 -0400, John H
wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:29 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H wrote: Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food! http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg === I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time. Disney is very good at what they do. What bothers me is that a company like Disney buys an island, takes it private, changes the name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World, and calls it the Bahamas. It's not even close to being the Bahamas except for some of the scenery. They do provide employment for a bunch of folks from Abaco. ======= That's a good thing. Bahamians need all the employment opportunities that they can get. Otherwise they'd have to go fishing all day. :-) |
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On Sep 21, 5:45*pm, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:38:21 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:29 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H wrote: Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food! http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg === I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time. Disney is very good at what they do. * What bothers me is that a company like Disney buys an island, takes it *private, changes the name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World, and calls it the Bahamas. * It's not even close to being the Bahamas except for some of the scenery. They do provide employment for a bunch of folks from Abaco. ======= That's a good thing. * Bahamians need all the employment opportunities that they can get. *Otherwise they'd have to go fishing all day. * :-) That would be a bummer! |
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:40:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: On Sep 21, 5:45*pm, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:38:21 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:29 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H wrote: Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food! http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg === I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time. Disney is very good at what they do. * What bothers me is that a company like Disney buys an island, takes it *private, changes the name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World, and calls it the Bahamas. * It's not even close to being the Bahamas except for some of the scenery. They do provide employment for a bunch of folks from Abaco. ======= That's a good thing. * Bahamians need all the employment opportunities that they can get. *Otherwise they'd have to go fishing all day. * :-) That would be a bummer! ======= Yes. If you ever wan't to see an example of happy people who don't have very much, just go to the Bahamas. |
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:41:23 -0400, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:08:56 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:07:15 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:49:24 -0400, wrote: Sounds like class warfare to me. Not everybody can afford your islands, Wayne. Not trying to be a political ass, but it is what it is. ======== This is a news group about boats and boating. Boating requires a certain amount of disposable income. If that bothers you for some reason, you are in the wrong place. What bothered me was the tone of your "I can afford a better place than that Disney pap" response to John. Why belittle his experience with that island? You started the thread, then take people to task for making their offering. ============ You need to read my response again because something seems to have been lost in translation. John had a great time there, other people have a great time there, but any resemblance to the real Bahamas is purely coincidental. It is probably possible to go other places in the Bahamas for less money but without the sanitized Disney ambience. I don't think you limited your question to 'favorite Bahama islands'. Having been on many of the Bahama Islands, I can say that Castaway Cay has *very little* resemblance to any of the other islands in the Bahamas. Having spent three weeks thereon, I can also say that Great Egg Island is probably the most miserable friggin' island in the Bahamas. |
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:17:42 -0400, John H
wrote: I don't think you limited your question to 'favorite Bahama islands'. Having been on many of the Bahama Islands, I can say that Castaway Cay has *very little* resemblance to any of the other islands in the Bahamas. Yes to both of those, although Castaway Cay certainly is in the Bahamas and I'd be willing to bet that Disney bills it that way. Having spent three weeks thereon, I can also say that Great Egg Island is probably the most miserable friggin' island in the Bahamas. Heh. That is just about the end of the world although nearby Royal Island, Spanish Wells and Eluthera are nice enough. How did you happen to draw the short straw on that assignment? We've been near there a few times but have never stopped. Is it actually inhabited? |
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:23:41 -0400, wrote:
You need to read my response again because something seems to have been lost in translation. John had a great time there, other people have a great time there, but any resemblance to the real Bahamas is purely coincidental. It is probably possible to go other places in the Bahamas for less money but without the sanitized Disney ambience. A better response would be for you to enumerate those "other places in the Bahamas for less money but without the sanitized Disney ambience." ==== Here's a good article on cruising the Bahamas if you're interested: http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2011/october/bahamas.asp For a real bargain however, hop the daily mail boat out of Ft Lauderdale or find a cut rate gambling junket to Nassau/Paradise Island. http://www.my-bahamas-travel.com/bahamastravel.html http://www.onedaycruise.com/ |
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:10:44 -0400, Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:17:42 -0400, John H wrote: I don't think you limited your question to 'favorite Bahama islands'. Having been on many of the Bahama Islands, I can say that Castaway Cay has *very little* resemblance to any of the other islands in the Bahamas. Yes to both of those, although Castaway Cay certainly is in the Bahamas and I'd be willing to bet that Disney bills it that way. Having spent three weeks thereon, I can also say that Great Egg Island is probably the most miserable friggin' island in the Bahamas. Heh. That is just about the end of the world although nearby Royal Island, Spanish Wells and Eluthera are nice enough. How did you happen to draw the short straw on that assignment? We've been near there a few times but have never stopped. Is it actually inhabited? No, it wasn't inhabited when we were there. We built two 126' steel towers on the island and used a geodimeter to measure the distance to similar towers on Hole-in-the-Wall, Abaco and other places. I was working for the US Coast and Geodetic Survey out of Cape Canaveral at the time. It later melded in to NOAA. We'd live on the island during the week, but come back to the Auxilliary Air Force Base on Eleuthera for the weekend. |
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