Bahamas '03 Trip Photos

During May and June of 2003 we took our shakedown cruise to the Bahamas.  We headed down the ICW to Fort Lauderdale and then out across the Gulf Stream to Great Isaac Light.  From there the conditions precluded our original plan of heading to Chub Cay so we headed instead to Great Harbor Cay.  We spent  around 3 weeks working our way through the upper to mid Berry islands, then took off for an overnight sail to Little Harbor via Hole in the Wall. From there we worked our way up the Abacos through March Harbor, Great Guana, No Name, Green Turtle, Manjack, Powell, and Allans-Pensacola.  We headed back to the states via Great Sale to Fort Pierce.                                                              Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the shots.

To the left is the lighthouse at Great Stirrup Cay, in the Berries.  We anchored up quite near it in a beautiful spot and stayed there for 3-4 days.  To the right is a shot of one of the many cruise ships that stopped off at Little Stirrup.

These shots were taken at Soldier Cay, part of the Market Fish Cays in the Berries.  Spent a couple of nights here and enjoyed swimming over to the beach, which was bordered by the ocean on one side and the bank on the other.

Cool, a double rainbow late in the afternoon at Soldier's. Here's Dreamtime from a bluff on White Cay at Devil's-Hoffman in the Berries.

We had a picnic with some of our anchorage mates at the south end of Devil's Cay one beautiful day. To the right, the Capt'n hangs out at a small secluded island in the same grouping, Devil's-Hoffman.

A Windjammer sailing cruise ship was anchored up off Devil's-Hoffman one morning.. Another striking sunset, but no such luck spotting a green flash this trip.

A private beach in amongst the cays at Devil's-Hoffman.  The sand in the Bahamas is so white and so fine, just like sugar.  Found quite a few shells around too. Getting geeky in my SPF145 hat.

To the left, our anchorage at No Name cay just south of Green Turtle, in the Abacos.  Beautiful spot and only suitable for a shallow draft, like our's. To the right, Gillam Bay on the east side,  of Green Turtle Cay.

To the left, "Runaway", a Pearson 365 anchored at Manjack, just north of Green Turtle. To the right, her crew in New Plymouth on Green Turtle Cay.  We walked all over the island with them and then had a great lunch at Pineapple's.

To the left, our "Dreamtime" sign that we hung on the signing tree at Allans-Pensacola, a tradition with cruising boats. To the right, our friends Aftermath and Kinsella as we prepare to depart back to Florida from Great Sale Cay.