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Sailing Log: Cruising Abacos, Bahamas

Cruising Abacos, Bahamas

Pelican Cays Sea Park Corals

Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park

Log#: 267
LatLon: 26°24.093'N 076°59.600'W

Had a good snorkeling around coral reef - seen lots of fish, sting rays cruising below.

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Hope Town

Hope Town, Elbow Cay

Visited a pretty Hope Town. Mostly cottages, occupied by resident or vacationing Americans.

Views from the top of the landmark lighthouse are beautiful, well worth the climb up.

The town's inner arbour is small and there is no place to anchor, so we anchored outside.
Then, moved to the west coast of the bay until westerly winds pass.

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Marhs Harbour Abacos Bahamas

Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island

Log#: 269
LatLon: 26°32.773'N 077°03.328'W

Marsh harbor is a center town of Abacos.
Protected and busy harbor, few marinas, modern grocery stores, restaurants. Stayed few days.

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Spoil Cay Abacos Bahamas

Spoil Cay

Log#: 270
LatLon: 26°41.056'N 077°10.233'W

An overnight stop at Spoil Cay, near Great Guana Cay.
Had this tiny island to ourselves after visiting boats left in the evening.

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Green Turtle Cay Abacos Bahamas

Green Turtle Cay

Log#: 271
LatLon: 26°46.759'N 077°20.188'W

Stayed few days at White Sound in Green Turtle Cay, to ride-out cold front and fill up our water tanks at the marina.

Met and invited for dinner an older cruising couple from Northern Ontario, who were anchored beside us.

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Manjack Cay

Mancjack Cay

Visited couple anchorages at Manjack Cay.
Interesting jungle walks around the island to stretch legs, several beaches.

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Coopers Town

Coopers Town

Log#: 273
LatLon: 26°52.487'N 077°30.619'W

A short visit to Coopers Town for lunch.
Small, quiet and unassuming coastal community. Some supplies and places to eat.

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Powell Cay Bahamas

Powell Cay

Log#: 274
LatLon: 26°54.334'N 077°29.097'W

Powel Cay has nice beaches and walking trails crossing the island to the ocean side.

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Angel Fish Point

Angel Fish Point

Log#: 275
LatLon: 26°55.089'N 077°35.270'W

Spent few pleasurable days at Angel Fish Point near Crab Cay.

Visited small pebbly beach, explored nearby cays on dinghy. We also had a pleasant Easter turkey dinner with a cursing couple on their large trawler anchored nearby.

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Allans Pensacola Siginig Tree Bahamas

Allans-Pensacola Cays

Log#: 276
LatLon: 26°59.295'N 077°41.167'W

Allans-Pensacola Cays is very nice and popular little island. These are use to be two separate cays, but not long time ago a hurricane dumped huge amount of sand in a channel between the cays and joined them.

The island has three aspects to it:
First, there are several nice beaches on the calm leeward side.
Second, there are pretty but somewhat rough beaches on the windward side, with several "signing" trees, where visiting cruisers leave their writings on pieces of flotsam.
Third, there is a shallow sand bank inside the bay which dries at low tide - it is pleasant to walk on and watch some wildlife.

Spent couple days here - liked it.

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Fox Town Conch Shell Mountain Bahamas

Fox Town

Log#: 277
LatLon: 26°55.552'N 077°47.710'W

Fox Town is a small outpost settlement, a place to get fresh fish, conch and OK restaurant. Not much is going on - locals just minding their own mostly fishing business. See mountains of conch shells.

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Moraine Cay Beach Abacos Bahamas

Moraine Cay

Log#: 278
LatLon: 27°02.298'N 077°46.298'W

We spent few great and memorable days on this small island. No one came during our stay here, so we had the place to ourselves.

Weather was windy at times and anchorage was exposed and rolly, so we spent most of the time on the beach. Swimming, beachcombing, snorkeling, sun tanning, just lazying, thinking...
Had a chance to catch a decent size lobster - what a treat!

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Double Breasted Cays

Double Breasted Cays

Double Breasted Cays is a very picturesque anchorage in Abacos.
Not easy to get in or out due to a shallow and narrow entrance channel with strong currents, but once in, it is beautiful. Large parts of Sand Island in the middle of the anchorage appear and disappear with tide.

Had an unexpected strong storm coming through, some boats dragged anchors.
After staying few days here, we are sailing an overnight downwind passage back to Florida.

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Haul Out in Florida

Back to Florida, Ft. Pierce

Log#: 280
LatLon: 27°28.160'N 080°19.500'W

After staying several days on the anchor in the ICW waiting for haul-out, our yacht is up on the land for the season.
We are back home in Canada.

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