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Hope Town Marina & Inn, Elbow Cay, Great Abaco, Bahamas Islands
March 15, 2024; Highbourne Cay to Elbow Cay; Todays Run: 15 miles Trucks take up most of the narrow streets when delivering drinking water to residents. Speed limit is 5mph. THE TOWN Loyalist soldiers, escaping the outcome of the American Revolution, brought their families here after King George III offered free acreage to those who Continue reading
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Warderick Wells Cay, Emerald Rock, Exuma Cay Land and Sea Park, Bahama Islands
March 3, 2024; Today’s Run: 21 miles. Highbourne Cay to Warderick Wells: Leaving flat sea conditions in Shroud Cay, we moved to Emerald Rock anchorage at Warderick Wells Cay, the main island of the Exumas. The 2- hour passage had been a rough one. Mooring balls are first come, first served. Each buoy is identified Continue reading
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Lynyard Cay Anchorage & Little Harbour, Great Abaco Island, Bahama Islands
March 13, 2024, Highbourne Cay, Exuma to Lynyard Cay, Abaco: Today’s run: 130 miles THE ROUTE FROM HIGHBOURNE CAY TO THE ABACOS, requires navigating one pass plus a channel. While underway we spot a ship off to port. Below, is one example why AIS, ( Automatic Identification System) is worthwhile installing. The AIS indicates Greenways Continue reading
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Highbourne Cay Marina, Exuma
March 10-13: Big Major to Highbourne Cay: Today’s run: 52 miles Highbourne Cay, a privately owned island, can accommodate up to 180 foot/55 metre yachts at their docks. A Back Cove owner docked next to us, was responsible for posting the video that had, just the night before, saved us from grief when we learned Continue reading
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Big Major & Staniel Cay, Exuma, Bahamas
To view blogs in a larger format, click on ‘Reader’ (upper right corner). At any time, you can revisit earlier blogs by copying: travelingamericasgreatloop.com into your browser, or click here:http://travelingamericasgreatloop.com March 9, 2024, Black Point to Big Major Cay: Today’s Run: 19 miles Measuring approximately 2 square miles, Staniel Cay is one of the largest Continue reading
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Black Point, Great Guana Cay, Exuma, Bahama Islands
Click on ‘Reader’ (upper right corner), to view blogs in a larger format. March 7, 2024; Shroud Cay to Black Point: Today’s Run: 28 miles It was a surprise to find so many sailboats anchored at Black Point when we arrived. We had seen very few sailboats along our route due to potentially shallow waters Continue reading
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Shroud Cay, Land & Sea Park*, The Exumas, Bahama Islands
If you click on ‘Reader’ (upper right corner), you can view the blogs in a larger format. At any time, you can revisit earlier blogs by copying: travelingamericasgreatloop.com into your browser, or click here: http://travelingamericasgreatloop.com Feb. 29-March 2, 2024; Today’s Run: 93 miles. The following morning, we returned to the knock-about seas and headed for Continue reading
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Chub Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas
Feb 28, 2024; North Bimini to Cub Cay; Today’s Run: 100 miles If you click on ‘Reader’ (upper right corner), you can view the blogs in a larger format. At any time, you can revisit earlier blogs by copying: travelingamericasgreatloop.com into your browser, or click here: http://travelingamericasgreatloop.com Currents and sea conditions constantly move the perimeters Continue reading
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River Forest Yachting Center, Okeechobee Canal/Caloosahatchee River, & Labelle, Florida
April 5, 2024, Moore Haven to River Forest Yachting Center; Today’s run 14 miles/ Travel time: 2 hrs. Leaving Moore Haven, we followed the Caloosahatchee River/Okeechobee Canal to arrive at River Forest Yachting Center. After docking our boat at the Yachting Center, and renting a car we stayed at River Yacht Inn, outside the town Continue reading
Baccalieu II travels Americas Great Loop: 2023
Welcome to my blog. Baccalieu II, a Back Cove 41, was built in Maine, commissioned at RCR Yachts in Buffalo and shipped to Cincinnati, Ohio where she was launched into the Ohio River. (More about that later). We took her a few miles downriver to the Four Seasons Marina where we began our travels south.
Note, in the blogs: ‘Mile’ following the place name and date, refers to River mile markers. ‘Today’s run’ refers to the number of miles travelled that day to reach our destination. How fast we travel is currently dictated by the fact that some marinas in the northern states close in the fall. At some point, refueling might become a challenge. What there is to see at stops, and fuel efficiency are the main three factors how fast we go. 1050 RPMs ( 10mph) is our most efficient speed; 1600RPMs (15-16mph) is the next option. The boat is capable of 32 mph flat out; cha ching, cha ching. Diesel engines like to work hard but they don’t pay the bills.
Traveling the Great Loop 