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Cruising by MailBoat: History, Culture and Adventure in the Bahama Islands

Frederick A. Braman

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Description:As a lifelong sailor, I finally tried a different way to cruise the Bahamas - Mail Boats! Spared from the navigation duties and weather planning required of cruising sailors, mailboats brought their own set of travel challenges. It all turned into a grand adventure for this sailor and old friends, septuagenarians all! I’ve had this idea for some time. I first noticed mailboats while sailing along the Bahamian out-islands during a long trip. No matter how small the island, it seemed that the mailboat would come in while I was there. Here is how I described it in my 2013 book, Too Old Not to Go about my voyage. “After a great week, my stay at Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands was over. I made one more trip to my favorite beach, turned in the dilapidated pink jeep I had rented, and topped Rhombus off with water, fuel, and some needed supplies. Luckily, the Bahamas mailboat had docked in the town the previous day and the stores were full of supplies. Mailboats are the link to the larger world for the small, outer islands and they carry everything - milk, beer, groceries, lumber, crates of chickens, pallets of canned goods, goats, passengers, and even mail. A cruise by mailboat is now on my list of fun things to try; flexible schedule required!” The Mailboat idea lay dormant for five years before finally emerging for real consideration. I knew basically how the system worked, but needed a lot more information to actually make a plan. I also needed “cruising companions,” a problem solved by old college friends. Mailboats begin their journey at Potters Cay, a small shipping point between Nassau and Paradise Island. Mailboats cover the entire Bahamas chain, visiting one or two islands before returning to Nassau and repeating the schedule the next week. Today, around twenty moderately sized mailboats depart from Potters Cay, located under the two high-rise bridges in Nassau, and make weekly out-island trips to over 50 destinations. There are several larger boats that have more frequent schedules, but fewer destinations, and ferries with daily departures and returns to the most demanded localities. All the boats carry people, cargo, and mail. You can go anywhere in The Bahamas by boat! A new book; Cruising by MailBoat: History, Culture and Adventure in the Bahama Islands, documents our adventures and describes the process, with stories of Bahamian history and culture sprinkled throughout.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cruising by MailBoat: History, Culture and Adventure in the Bahama Islands. To get started finding Cruising by MailBoat: History, Culture and Adventure in the Bahama Islands, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: DiggyPOD

Release: 2021

ISBN: 0578711141

Description: As a lifelong sailor, I finally tried a different way to cruise the Bahamas - Mail Boats! Spared from the navigation duties and weather planning required of cruising sailors, mailboats brought their own set of travel challenges. It all turned into a grand adventure for this sailor and old friends, septuagenarians all! I’ve had this idea for some time. I first noticed mailboats while sailing along the Bahamian out-islands during a long trip. No matter how small the island, it seemed that the mailboat would come in while I was there. Here is how I described it in my 2013 book, Too Old Not to Go about my voyage. “After a great week, my stay at Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands was over. I made one more trip to my favorite beach, turned in the dilapidated pink jeep I had rented, and topped Rhombus off with water, fuel, and some needed supplies. Luckily, the Bahamas mailboat had docked in the town the previous day and the stores were full of supplies. Mailboats are the link to the larger world for the small, outer islands and they carry everything - milk, beer, groceries, lumber, crates of chickens, pallets of canned goods, goats, passengers, and even mail. A cruise by mailboat is now on my list of fun things to try; flexible schedule required!” The Mailboat idea lay dormant for five years before finally emerging for real consideration. I knew basically how the system worked, but needed a lot more information to actually make a plan. I also needed “cruising companions,” a problem solved by old college friends. Mailboats begin their journey at Potters Cay, a small shipping point between Nassau and Paradise Island. Mailboats cover the entire Bahamas chain, visiting one or two islands before returning to Nassau and repeating the schedule the next week. Today, around twenty moderately sized mailboats depart from Potters Cay, located under the two high-rise bridges in Nassau, and make weekly out-island trips to over 50 destinations. There are several larger boats that have more frequent schedules, but fewer destinations, and ferries with daily departures and returns to the most demanded localities. All the boats carry people, cargo, and mail. You can go anywhere in The Bahamas by boat! A new book; Cruising by MailBoat: History, Culture and Adventure in the Bahama Islands, documents our adventures and describes the process, with stories of Bahamian history and culture sprinkled throughout.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cruising by MailBoat: History, Culture and Adventure in the Bahama Islands. To get started finding Cruising by MailBoat: History, Culture and Adventure in the Bahama Islands, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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