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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
Paradise Island
The Atlantis marina, opposite Nassau
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
Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park
Three hundred and sixty cays and a land-and-sea park; the best shallow-water cruising anywhere
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