Author Archives: Bill Kinney

On a windy and rainy Monday afternoon, it is time to catch up on the blog!  We have been busy entertaining guests, and dealing with travel and weather.  The next week or so looks to be back to what passes … Continue reading →

On the very southern tip of Great Abaco Island is the settlement of Sandy Point. Not much happens here, it is quite remote, but also beautiful. On all of the outer islands in the Bahamas you quickly get used to … Continue reading →

We are out exploring again and we are giving a few places we visited before a more complete look over.  We sailed from Freeport, to the southern tip of Abaco yesterday.  Well… to be completely fair we sailed half way … Continue reading →

Harmonie is tied up at the Grand Bahama Yacht Club.  We are 100 miles away in distance, and a thousand miles in other ways. We hoped on the ferry from Freeport to Fort Lauderdale (about 3 1/2 hours).   The ferry … Continue reading →

First, an observation:  Has anyone else noticed how many of the islands of the Bahamas include “Grand” or “Great” as part of their official name?  In the case of Great Guana Cay, we pretty much agree, it is a pretty … Continue reading →

Most of the eastern shore of Great Abaco Island is protected by a line of small barrier islands and reefs.  one of the larger of these is Lynyard Cay.  Occupied only by a single fancy vacation home on the north … Continue reading →

Yesterday we got an early start from the anchorage off Sandy Point at the southeastern end of Great Abaco Island, and sailed around the southern end, and halfway up the east shore. It was a fast and boisterous sail, with … Continue reading →

We are anchored off of Sandy Point, at the southern end of Great Abaco Island.  We arrived here just as the last frontal boundary moved out, and set up a pattern of strongly reenforced trade winds that have have been … Continue reading →

I am poking about in the dinghy looking for good fishing water behind some of the small islands here around Great Harbor Cay.  Driving carefully in water less than 2 feet deep I  scan the bottom ahead looking for signs … Continue reading →

For waiting a few days at the dock in Freeport we were rewarded with 50 miles of fast  easy and fun sailing over to the Berry Islands and Bullocks Harbor on the back side of Great Harbor Cay. On an … Continue reading →