only keeps the microwave popping popcorn and powerboat experience. And, if you aren’t comfortable
The typically
the blender making slushy drinks, but powers dual at first with twin engines and a boat of this size, The
colourful buildings
air conditioning systems that keep the salon and Moorings can provide a skipper for a day or two to
of the Bahamas.
cabins comfortably cool even on the hottest days. Up hone your boat handling and anchoring skills.
a curving flight of stairs is the bridge, with a helm After stocking up with provisions at a local market
shaded by a bimini top and a bench seat. (we chose to do our own provisioning rather than
Standard equipment is very comprehensive, use the Moorings plan), we cast off to explore the
including a rigid-bottomed inflatable dinghy with Sea of Abaco. our first stop was Fowl Cay, a Sam-
outboard, barbecue grill, stereo with CD, snorkelling recommended snorkelling and shelling spot where we
gear, more than ample linens and towels, and full anchored in 9ft of water and dinghied onto the beach
electronics from chartplotter/GPS to VHF radio. In that provided the first of many conch shells. Later, after
the Abacos, the depthsounder is essential but a little a pleasant lunch in the air conditioned cabin where
frightening until you get used to the fact that the we enjoyed the rock-solid stability that the nearly 17ft
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water is so shallow that much of your cruising is in 10- beam provided, we upped anchor and cruised past
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12 feet. Don’t worry, though, because the 372 draws Scotland Cay and along Great Guana Cay.
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– just 3’6” of water and the props are protected by twin We decided to spend our first night at orchid
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skegs against occasional groundings. Bay Marina in Great Guana’s Settlement Harbour, a
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Unlike Moorings’ sailboat charters where spotlessly maintained facility where we hooked up to
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prospective charterers need to document sailing shore power, took hot showers, barbecued steaks and
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experience that would daunt Horatio Hornblower, the made the first of the rum drinks we later dubbed “no
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power charters are available to anyone with basic Brainers” for their end result. u
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