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This makes it perhaps the ideal trawler for cruising the Bahamas. Association of Bahamas Marinas.
And we had just pulled up anchor in Nassau Harbor having spent the night on the hook when my wife cried out Look over there theres a body floating in the water —- But wait Im way ahead of myself - lets go back to last year when planning our Bahamas.
Cruising the bahamas in a trawler. BAHAMAS CRUISE - April 2000. It was 715 am. And we had just pulled up anchor in Nassau Harbor having spent the night on the hook when my wife cried out Look over there theres a body floating in the water —- But wait Im way ahead of myself - lets go back to last year when planning our Bahamas.
Chuck Baier and Susan Landry have been cruising together as a couple for almost 25 years first on their Mariner 40 Ketch Sea Trek and currently on their Marine Trader trawler Beach House. Chuck and Susan were owners of Beach House Publications publishers of The Great Book Of Anchorages series of anchorageguides. The Guides cover the Chesapeake Bay Atlantic ICW from Hampton RoadsNorfolk to Key West and include the St.
Johns River the Bahamas. Fare Thee Well a St. Pierre dory designed as a trawler hailed from Kingston Ontario.
Where Teka III draws six feet this boats draft was only 18 inches. This makes it perhaps the ideal trawler for cruising the Bahamas. Five and a half weeks after leaving Nassau we arrived at George Town a winter destination for many cruisers.
Greg and Susan Costa are full-time cruisers from Massachusetts have produced a nifty little guide called Cruising the Bahamas with the Lucky Me which is the name of their 35-foot Tiara. They are giving away this 57-page PDF for free so Trawler Times figured we would help the effort. After Hurricane Dorians horrible destruction the best thing we can do is encourage cruisers to visit those parts of the island.
The current fees for entry into the Bahamas for a boat and crew is 15000 for a boat up to 35 feet and 30000 for a boat over 35 feet. The boat is issued a cruising permit valid for 8 months. But the crew is issued visitors visas that technically by law are good for 30 days.
After the 30 days your stay can be extended. But there are some rules. Pets are not a problem for cruising the Bahamas according to Hugh if the paperwork is in order.
Stock up on all your pet food however as you will not likely find it on grocery shelves. They purchase their canned goods such as tomatoes and vegetables while in the US as well as all baking and cooking supplies that Maria anticipates needing including flour and sugar. All make fine cruising boats but as we age our knees and backs and various issues make the sailing experience more difficult.
And with difficulty comes risk. Traditional trawlers dont run at high speed so turbocharger and other potential mechanical problems dont happen often which lowers stress to systems and crew. Vicki lives in Annapolis MD where she and partner Barry Miller cruise the Chesapeake and the Intercoastal Waterway to the Bahamas or Florida.
They cruise in a. Between December and March the Bahamian islands are beset by northers frontal passages with vigorous clocking winds that roll down the archipelago on a near weekly basis. See the wind roses below CLICK TO ENLARGE This is particularly unfortunate during the cruiser migration down the Exuma chain to George Town.
One of the best-selling Mainships ever produced called the 350 Trawler in 199698 and 390 Trawler in 19992005. Large windows provide lots of natural lighting in the salon and excellent visibility from the lower helm. A convertible sofa and hi-low table are starboard in the salon and an L-shaped galley with refrigeratorfreezer and Corian counter is forward to port.
All the more reason to cruise aboard a traditional trawler. These long-legged motoryachts allow time for enjoying the scenery all the while providing a spacious home-away-from-home for family and friends. If youve got the urge to go these well-traveled routes will.
This requires sailing east from Hog Cay cut 11 miles almost to Long Island then making nearly a 180 degree turn and sailing back for 11 miles. The Comer Channel route adds 22 miles as opposed to the one mile route taking you through the Hog Cay cut. In anticipation of cruising the Great Loop there was a recent request for advice from a self-described newbie looking for the right boat What is the best boat is a seasonal frequently asked question on the AGLCA discussion forum.
View latest images news price specials of Mainship Trawler 43. Mainship Trawler 43 Bahamas Motor Trawler Charter Boat From US 3960wk This 43 foot trawler has all. Deciding whether go go with a trawler or a motor yacht will depend on what you want to doif you want more creature comforts and living space and only plan to cruise a few times a year a motor yacht may be the way to go.
But if you want to cruise longer distances like the Keys or Bahamas a trawler might be more economical. Hello- I am looking for a way to spend some time on a trawler cruising theBahamas with my almost grown kids this summer. We have always had power boats-for fishing diving and skiing but the kds hear tales of the GreenEyed Lady that we cruised on for several years before we had them and we are considering going back to that style of travel.
From the Association of Bahamas Marinas below are the procedures currently required by the Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas for the entering the country. Cruisers Net will continue to add details as they are announced. Protocols and Requirements for Bahamas Boating.
Association of Bahamas Marinas. Trawler talk about cruising grounds. The solar panels on the pilothouse roof allow us to keep Carefree on a mooring all season and have enough juice to keep all of our food and beverages cool so when we come on board its plug-and-play.
And the boat has a combination of liveability solid construction and reliability seaworthiness and. After leaving Nassau we headed to the Great Bahamas Bank. We even spent the night on the bank.
No land in sight no city lights. It was really nice. I have to tell you.
The Bahamas are really pretty tame cruising. If the comfort zones of the majority of trawler owners are too small to cruise here their confidence will shrink to zero in discussion of more distant horizons. Some trawler owners will tell you they have no interest in the Bahamas.
In most cases thats just sour grapes.