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  1. Cruising Under Sail
    We plan on clearing out of the Bahamas via click2clear while around Conception Island and then make our way back to Florida. What are the rules around transiting through? I would like to be able to pick my weather windows and hop from cay to cay back to Florida, which could take a while. I am...
  2. Chartering
    Hello, I live in Los Angeles, have been sailing for years, have ASA 104 and 114 and limited chartering experience outside my local sailing club. Last year, with some friends, we chartered a Leopard 4 cat and went on a 4 day sailing trip around Key Largo, FL. This year I will be in FL at the end...
  3. General Sailing Discussions
    Just wonder if anyone could recommend any web sites that list affordable cruising sailboats (< $100K) for sale in the Bahamas? I've tried Craigslist and YachtWorld without much luck. I'm wondering if Bahamian laws make it too expensive to sell there? Any help is appreciated.
  4. Vessels Lost, Missing, or in Danger
    Missing BOLO!!!!! My best friend Ward Stogdill on SV Bella Dawn is lost at sea between biscayne and Bimini/Bahamas in a 1978 Ta Shing Baba 30 with a wooden mast (has an orange kayak on deck). Please update the US coast guard with any information. 315-415-6800...
  5. Cruising Under Sail
    I'd like to buy a sailboat that I can tow with my Suburban 2500 and launch from the trailer in Ft. Lauderdale and sail to the Bahamas safely. I'd be going SCUBA diving so easy access to the water would be ideal. Any suggestions?
  6. Crew, Captains, Help Wanted, Jobs, and Available
    Hi, I'm looking for one crew member to help me make a passage from the west coast of Puerto Rico (Boquerón or Mayaguez) up to the Caicos island of Providenciales (~450 nm). We would depart PR during the first weather window starting April 10th. Ideally potential crew would fly into San Juan...
  7. Cruising Under Sail
    My hubby and I quit our jobs a couple of years ago and cruised the Caribbean and Bahamas for a year. We're going to be doing a webinar on how to prepare to cruise the Caribbean and Bahamas on a sailboat (to help those of you out that are aiming to do the same thing we did). What questions would...
  8. Cruising and Sailing with Children
    The Crew: Young couple and a Toddler The Plan: Live and cruise for 2-3 years through the Bahamas and Caribbean Boat budget: $30k Boat Size: Under 35' ideally Experience: New to cruising; Sailed a 22 footer for 4 years in Biscayne Bay. Requirements: A boat that can be single-handed if needed A...
  9. Caribbean - Islands and Sea. Not Central America
    hi, I'm trying to get back to my cross trimaran in nassau with an outboard, bicycle and other sailing gear will share expenses and crew duty please call jeff at 941 735 5330 thanks
  10. Crew, Captains, Help Wanted, Jobs, and Available
    Anyone headed down to the Bahamas and looking for a competent deckhand / mate to help out with the trip? Well, the semester is just about over, and it's time to start thinking about heading back home to the Bahamas. I'm currently a student at the College of Charleston, trying to find a ride...
  11. Cruising Under Sail
    Hello, I have questions about traffic I guess. How often do you actually run into people out of port? Local/Gov officals? If I do not land in the bahamas and cruise through is it mandatory to check it? I've searched and its a bit muddled to me.. If it is posted and I missed it, I apologize...
  12. New Member Introductions
    Hello, I joined this site as I wish to learn to sail and then potter around this small planet utilizing the abundant water supply. I live in Northerly Palm Beach county near to the Loxahatchee river and to begin with am thinking of taking a one week live-aboard sailing course in order to get...
  13. Crew, Captains, Help Wanted, Jobs, and Available
    I'm sailing south; my journey began in Maryland and Im looking to spend the winter in The Bahamas and the Caribbean and return to Florida next spring. As of 11/08/2013 I am in the Jacksonville area. From 11/10/2013 to 11/12/2013 I'll bein St. Augustine. After that various stops along the coast...
  14. Cruising Under Sail
    Good morning, My father and I have just completed leg 1 of our journey, taking our '98 Dufour 45 classic down the Chesapeake, through the ICW to Charleston, SC. We're taking a two weeks off to perform boat maintenance, plan, etc. Knowing that a north wind makes the Gulf Stream nearly...
  15. Crew, Captains, Help Wanted, Jobs, and Available
    I am currently doing courses and intend to sail a boat back from Florida to Nassau. As I know its quite the undertaking I am looking for anyone who has significant experience and would like to come along at no cost to you to The Bahamas. Currently the timeframe im looking at is Monday Sep 9 to...
  16. Crew, Captains, Help Wanted, Jobs, and Available
    :):laugher Experienced captain on well-equipped 38’ sailboat looking for crew from NC to Florida, then on to the Bahamas this fall. Prefer fit female 50-65, but will consider other. Single person only due to limited space. Sailing experience desirable. Good sense of humor a must. Captain has...
  17. Cruising Under Sail
    Is anyone familiar with the entrances to Abraham Bay, and fuel availability, on Mayaguana Island.
  18. Cruising Under Sail
    Hey y'all! We are a couple guys who bought a Hunter 340 In Corpus Christie, TX about 4 weeks ago with the intention of sailing to the Bahamas, and, with any luck, down through the Virgin Islands. At the time, we had very little sailing experience, but we are quickly learning the ropes. So far...
  19. General Sailing Discussions
    I am sailing from Michigan to Puerto Rico this fall and I am too tall to go the ICW below Norfolk. I plan to come out the NY harbor about mid Oct and get down as far as time allows me before returning home for a month. I hope to make Virginia Beach.I plan to be back at the boat Nov 25. I do not...
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