Grand Bahama

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Grand Bahama

Historic and background details.

Submit details about the sailing/cruising in the area, etc.

Charts

Source

Chart Number - Chart Name

Chart Number - Chart Name

Source

Chart Number - Chart Name

Weather

Give local weather conditions or refer to another page (a region or island group) that covers these conditions.

Sources for Weather forecasts:

Passages

• West to East
  • Ft. Lauderdale to West End
  • West End to Abacos
• East to West
  • West End to Ft. Lauderdale

Islands

• Pederson's Cay - Pederson's Cay is a national park. Small boats (draft <2' may pull into the north side of the island. The island is a rookery for terns in the summer.

Navigation

Add any navigation notes such approaches, dangers etc here. If this section does not apply remove it.

Entrance

See Bahamas

Communication

Add here VHF channel for coastguard, harbor masters. etc.

Also see World Cruiser's Nets

Berthing

• West End (Port of entry)
• Freeport (Port of entry)

Marinas & Yacht Clubs

• Old Bahama Bay Marina (West End)
• Port Lucaya (Freeport)
• Grand Bahama Yacht Club

Anchorages

List details of all safe anchorages in the area.

• Bell Channel waterway offers a few places to anchor in some of the basins to the east of the channel.
• Grand Lucayan Waterway - There are a few spots to anchor in basins on this waterway that goes from the south shore to the bank on the north shore. There is a bridge in the middle of it, so only small powerboats may travel all the way through it.

Tourism & things to do ashore

List places of interest, tours, eateries, etc.

Marine stores

Submit addresses and contact details of marine related businesses that are of interest to cruisers.

• Dolly Madison - A department store with marine and hardware supplies.

Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forums

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Links

• Grand Bahama at the Wikipedia
• Dive sites
• Things to do

References & Publications

Books, Guides, etc. Use the Reference template or not at your discretion. For example:

{{Reference|Rod Heikel|Greek Waters Pilot|Imray|Laurie and Wilson, Cambridgeshire (2010)|9780852889718}}, expands to

Rod Heikell, Greek Waters Pilot, Imray Laurie and Wilson, Cambridgeshire (2010), ISBN 9780852889718

• Author, Title, Publisher, ISBN ISBN number
• Author, Title, Publisher, ISBN ISBN number

You may want to remove the above entries and use instead a link to the Country or Region that lists the relevant references. If so enter, after removing {{MagentaText|xx}}, the following:

See [[Country or Region#References_&_Publications|Coutry or Region]].

If you do not use the above link, please remove it.

Comments

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Names: Haiqu