Tag: cat island Bahamas
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Cat Island to Little San Salvador
Another very leisurely sail brought us to Orange Settlement where we anchored and debated whether it was worthwhile going ashore. According to the charts there was a creek that went in quite far, but from what we saw, it was very shallow and we assumed it would look pretty much similar to the ones we’ve…
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Bennett’s Harbor – last stop on Cat Island
Bennet’s Harbor is only about ten nautical miles north of The Cove, but the other anchorages in between, didn’t seem to have any way to get on land by dinghy. There’s a gorgeous beach and very cute houses along the beach at Bennett’s Harbor as well as a government dock for the mailboat. Most of…
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Fernandez Cay, Smiths Bay and The Cove, Cat Island, Bahamas
Another short sail took us to Fernandez Cay, where we anchored in front of a few nice houses with another lovely creek and a few small cays where we went snorkeling. Fernandez Cay had an interesting swim through, a fairly nice selection of fish, nice corals and when we went there was no current, so…
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Georgetown to Cat Island
A pretty nice weather window opened up and we decided to leave early in the morning from the south of Fowl Cay to sail the 48 nautical miles to Hawk’s Nest Point on Cat Island. As we were on our way through Elizabeth Harbor, three other boats were leaving in the same direction, which always…