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Atlantic · November to May
Bahamas & the Exumas
Shallow, clear and a day from Florida. The Exuma cays are half the reason the shallow-draught superyacht exists.
25 places on the chart: 2 harbour towns and ports, 22 islands and 1 beach.
Open Bahamas & the Exumas on the chart
Why the fleet comes here
- Nassau
- The clearance port, and the marinas that serve the winter fleet
- Bimini
- Fifty miles from Florida, and the first stop across the Gulf Stream
- Eleuthera
- A hundred miles long and a mile wide, with the Glass Window Bridge in the middle
- Great Abaco
- The Sea of Abaco, protected sailing behind a chain of cays
- Harbour Island
- Pink Sands, Dunmore Town, and golf carts instead of cars
- Hope Town
- A candy-striped lighthouse over a hurricane hole on Elbow Cay
- Staniel Cay
- Thunderball Grotto, the swimming pigs, and the yacht club everyone stops at
- Great Exuma
- Georgetown and Elizabeth Harbour at the south end of the chain
Every place in Bahamas & the Exumas