On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:04:17 -0400, you wrote: >Andros IslandsThe problem with sailing over is that you need a weather window. > There is a 4 day weather cycle, so usually you get a window every 4/8 days, >but sometimes not for a month. When the wind blows from the north at more >than 10 kts, which it does about 80% of the time in the winter, you cannot >cross the Gulf Stream. There are several anchorages at Fresh Creek and >Morgan's Bluff and there is a ferry from Nassau, the Sea Link, a ~20 knot >catamaran ferry. Check the schedule, I don't think it is every day. >Lee Haefele > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Densler, Vernon > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:40 AM > Subject: [Liveaboard] Andros Islands > > > Anybody have any knowledge about Andros Islands in the Bahamas? My band got > asked to play a new years eve gig there and there isn't enough transportation > and rooms available for everyone to go. I could sail over and just stay on > the boat but I have never done any ocean sailing and if something happens > then I don't make the gig and that wouldn't be good. I was thinking of doing > the discovery cruise over and back since that is $99 a person each way and > seems cheaper than airfare. I think I could also get away with bringing more > gear that way. I would then have to get from Grand Bahama over to Andros and > find a cheap place to stay either on Andros or Grand Bahama. > > > Any other suggestions? Anyone planning to sail over that way around that > time that would want to take 2 people or sail over at the same time as me so > I have a flotilla going? > > Thanks, > > Vern > We've not been to Andros, but as Lee says, you need a weather window, and for us (slow sailboat) it usually takes us overnight to go from the upper Keys to Bimini, and two more days to get across the Banks to Nassau.
Andros would be closer and with a favorable wind you might do that part a little quicker. Also we usually check in in Bimini, but you can wait until you get to Andros. Also a possibility - go to Chubb when you get a weather window and put the boat in the marina there to wait for the gig (or take a mooring at Fat Hog Cay). Then before New Years, fly to Chubb and sail from there to Andros. Of course you'd have to have access to a private plane to do that - don't think there are any commercial planes to Chubb. There are also mail boats out of Nassau and I think they take pax and stuff but don't know how frequent. Why not contact the SSCA person in Nassau and see if he has any suggestions. His wife does do trips to Andros (mostly for bird watching). _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
