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03-23-2020, 09:00 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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Bahamas Locked Down. No one else in.
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03-23-2020, 10:28 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Now that's a pre-emptive strike and may be very smart. They've had 4 cases reported, no deaths. South Florida has 630 cases and lockdown. US 46,145 with 10,168 yesterday. US 582 deaths with 140 yesterday. Probably a wise move by the Bahamas with people thinking of coming there.
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03-24-2020, 06:23 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,682
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A good move IMHO. We’re in Great Harbour in Berry’s at a friends dock. They were scheduled to fly back to the US on Friday. I guess they’re not leaving. We came prepared to stay until May or ....?
We heard that 4 recreational boats from the US checked into Bimini last night. Hopefully they’ll stay there.
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03-24-2020, 08:26 AM
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Guru
City: Alexandria, VA
Vessel Model: 2000 Wellcraft
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,467
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I just can't believe it took them this long to come to that very sensible conclusion.
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03-24-2020, 09:06 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,682
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One of the grocery stores in Bullocks Harbour won’t allow anymore than 5 people in the store at one time. All the restaurants (the few there are) are closed and that was this weekend. My observation is the Bahamians are following the guidance.
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03-24-2020, 03:54 PM
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Guru
City: Victoria TX
Vessel Name: Bijou
Vessel Model: 2008 Island Packet PY/SP
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 5,290
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Larry M
A good move IMHO. We’re in Great Harbour in Berry’s at a friends dock. They were scheduled to fly back to the US on Friday. I guess they’re not leaving. We came prepared to stay until May or ....?
We heard that 4 recreational boats from the US checked into Bimini last night. Hopefully they’ll stay there.
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Send some pics to us poor folks in self-isolation !
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03-24-2020, 07:53 PM
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Senior Member
City: New Orleans
Vessel Name: Stella
Vessel Model: Seaton 56
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 272
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We cleared customs/immigration last week in Great Harbor. Now anchored on the east side of the Berry’s behind Soldier Cay. Very calm weather due to a cold front north of the Bahamas dampening the normal 15 kn east winds. Crystal clear water, great snorkeling, a reef shark circling the boat and fresh lobster for dinner.
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03-24-2020, 07:59 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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Where is Soldier in relation to Cabbage where we usually overnight?
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03-24-2020, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member
City: New Orleans
Vessel Name: Stella
Vessel Model: Seaton 56
Join Date: Sep 2017
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Soldier Cay is the first anchorage heading south, about 7 miles north of Cabbage. Not the best protection from east swell or anything but east wind. Currently very nice since weather should be calm for several days.
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03-24-2020, 09:02 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DCDC
Soldier Cay is the first anchorage heading south, about 7 miles north of Cabbage. Not the best protection from east swell or anything but east wind. Currently very nice since weather should be calm for several days.
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Got it. Where next? Through Porgee and down to Exuma?
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03-24-2020, 10:00 PM
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Guru
City: Victoria TX
Vessel Name: Bijou
Vessel Model: 2008 Island Packet PY/SP
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 5,290
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Damn those are some big lobster!
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03-25-2020, 02:52 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,682
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Pictures to follow, really.
The Bahamians are taking it seriously. A Tropic Air flight from Fort Lauderdale to GHC arrived this morning. They’re allowed to fly in since they fly mixed planes (cargo/passenger). Well there happened to be 5 passengers on the plane from Florida. They never got off the plane. They were turned away for a trip back to FL. Why Tropic Air let them on the plane to begin with is questionable other than maybe the passengers said we’ll pay and take the chance?
Good for the Bahamian Customs!
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03-25-2020, 02:56 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,682
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DCDC
...and fresh lobster for dinner.
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Nice bugs!
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03-25-2020, 05:15 PM
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Senior Member
City: New Orleans
Vessel Name: Stella
Vessel Model: Seaton 56
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 272
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Quote:
Originally Posted by menzies
Got it. Where next? Through Porgee and down to Exuma?
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Not sure yet. Will stay in Berry’s for a while. Plan was for Eleuthera, then middle Exumas before returning to US. Now thinking we would go to Exumas first until cold fronts start to taper off.
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03-25-2020, 05:20 PM
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Guru
City: Alexandria, VA
Vessel Model: 2000 Wellcraft
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,467
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DCDC
Not sure yet. Will stay in Berry’s for a while. Plan was for Eleuthera, then middle Exumas before returning to US. Now thinking we would go to Exumas first until cold fronts start to taper off.
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So your thought is that they are going to let you travel all over the Bahamas like nothing has happened?
I wouldn't be counting on that.
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03-25-2020, 06:23 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,682
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Group9
...are going to let you travel all over the Bahamas...
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Hadn’t considered that but we aren’t moving around our selves. They have stopped inter island transport of people on the supply boats.
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03-25-2020, 06:28 PM
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Senior Member
City: New Orleans
Vessel Name: Stella
Vessel Model: Seaton 56
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 272
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Group9
So your thought is that they are going to let you travel all over the Bahamas like nothing has happened?
I wouldn't be counting on that.
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Just as other cruisers in the Bahamas, we are not planning to travel ‘like nothing has happened’, rather will strictly follow Bahamian guidelines and mandates.
We have been cruising for 6 weeks, cleared Bahamian customs/immigration 10 days ago and have been at anchor since. Currently at least a mile from 4 other US and Canadian boats. Sufficient for ‘social distancing’? We have fuel, food, water and supplies for 60-90 days, including what’s necessary to return to the US, and do not intend to be a burden.
The Bahamas consist of 100’s of small islands/cays, most uninhabited and separated by lots of water. Easy to be as anti-social as you wish.
The Bahamians are concerned with minimizing social contact and the devastating loss off tourism. We are meeting the first concern and helping a little with the second.
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03-25-2020, 06:39 PM
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Senior Member
City: New York
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 338
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03-25-2020, 08:24 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DCDC
Just as other cruisers in the Bahamas, we are not planning to travel ‘like nothing has happened’, rather will strictly follow Bahamian guidelines and mandates.
We have been cruising for 6 weeks, cleared Bahamian customs/immigration 10 days ago and have been at anchor since. Currently at least a mile from 4 other US and Canadian boats. Sufficient for ‘social distancing’? We have fuel, food, water and supplies for 60-90 days, including what’s necessary to return to the US, and do not intend to be a burden.
The Bahamas consist of 100’s of small islands/cays, most uninhabited and separated by lots of water. Easy to be as anti-social as you wish.
The Bahamians are concerned with minimizing social contact and the devastating loss off tourism. We are meeting the first concern and helping a little with the second.
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Agreed. There happens to be over 360 islands in the Exumas alone with only a couple of dozen inhabited.
Go enjoy yourself so long as you are self sufficient!
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03-26-2020, 09:23 AM
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#20
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Guru
City: Alexandria, VA
Vessel Model: 2000 Wellcraft
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,467
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DCDC
Just as other cruisers in the Bahamas, we are not planning to travel ‘like nothing has happened’, rather will strictly follow Bahamian guidelines and mandates.
We have been cruising for 6 weeks, cleared Bahamian customs/immigration 10 days ago and have been at anchor since. Currently at least a mile from 4 other US and Canadian boats. Sufficient for ‘social distancing’? We have fuel, food, water and supplies for 60-90 days, including what’s necessary to return to the US, and do not intend to be a burden.
The Bahamas consist of 100’s of small islands/cays, most uninhabited and separated by lots of water. Easy to be as anti-social as you wish.
The Bahamians are concerned with minimizing social contact and the devastating loss off tourism. We are meeting the first concern and helping a little with the second.
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No sense in letting a pandemic interfere with your vacation plans.
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