(Written by Jay)
So I've had a few folks ask "Where is Abaco?" or "What island are you going to in the Bahamas?". To answer that question I thought I would pull out some charts (or maps to you landlubbers) and see if I could show everyone where we've been.
The Abacos is made up of about 80 islands and cays (pronounced "keys") in the northern section of the Bahamas (about 75 miles northeast of Nassau). The main island is called Great Abaco and that is where Marsh Harbour is located. Marsh Harbour is the largest town in the Abacos and the third largest in the Bahamas. It has been our jumping off point for trips to many of the smaller cays and where we've gone to resupply. The really cool places to visit though are the little cays that run in a line on the eastern side of the Sea of Abaco. Over the past month, we've been to many of these cays and they are all unique. Some have little towns, some just a few vacation homes and some are uninhabited! Almost all of them have great waters, beautiful beaches and neat sea life.
The picture below is a chart with red arrows on the places we've visited. My apologies if it's tough to read the chart, but hopefully you can get a feel for the area we are cruising.
The picture does not include our first two stops which are a bit west of this area. They were West End on Grand Bahama Island (near Freeport) and then Great Sale Cay. I did this over a week ago and since then, we've been to several more places - including Powell Cay, Manjack Key and Treasure Cay so I'll have to keep adding red arrows to our chart!
Hope that everyone back home is well and look for more blog entries soon!
The Welsh Family
So I've had a few folks ask "Where is Abaco?" or "What island are you going to in the Bahamas?". To answer that question I thought I would pull out some charts (or maps to you landlubbers) and see if I could show everyone where we've been.
The Abacos is made up of about 80 islands and cays (pronounced "keys") in the northern section of the Bahamas (about 75 miles northeast of Nassau). The main island is called Great Abaco and that is where Marsh Harbour is located. Marsh Harbour is the largest town in the Abacos and the third largest in the Bahamas. It has been our jumping off point for trips to many of the smaller cays and where we've gone to resupply. The really cool places to visit though are the little cays that run in a line on the eastern side of the Sea of Abaco. Over the past month, we've been to many of these cays and they are all unique. Some have little towns, some just a few vacation homes and some are uninhabited! Almost all of them have great waters, beautiful beaches and neat sea life.
The picture below is a chart with red arrows on the places we've visited. My apologies if it's tough to read the chart, but hopefully you can get a feel for the area we are cruising.
The picture does not include our first two stops which are a bit west of this area. They were West End on Grand Bahama Island (near Freeport) and then Great Sale Cay. I did this over a week ago and since then, we've been to several more places - including Powell Cay, Manjack Key and Treasure Cay so I'll have to keep adding red arrows to our chart!
Hope that everyone back home is well and look for more blog entries soon!
The Welsh Family
Thanks for the charting lesson;-) What beauty you have discovered! We are just so happy for you guys! We look forward every time to your posts to see what adventures the Welsh family is up to...So exciting for sure! We love your blog so keep posting!
ReplyDeleteWillie and Wills sailed Sandpiper over Mem. Weekend home to RI through dense fog and high seas. Not too enjoyable as both were seasick on day 2! They couldn't wait to get off when I arrived to get them on Monday! I've never seen that happen. We're getting the new (old) Sandpiper ready for some summer in New England fun with the Welsh's when they are finally home!
Miss you guys! XOXO - Carrie et al