We cut through Grand Bahama Island on our way to the Abacos S2: E11

Our solar panels finally arrive and we cast lines from Ocean Reef Marina on Grand Bahama Island to Treasure Cay in the Abacos. Because we only draw 3.5 feet of water under our hull, we are able to cut through the island on its forgotten canal system, the Grand Lucayan Waterway. Most vessels have to round the West End to move from Freeport to the upper Abaco islands. This means we have to be pretty careful with tides since the lowest charted depth is 3 feet! We spend more nights anchoring and enjoy some pretty ideal cruising conditions.
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[@TheQuadruped]

Nice filming and editing, I really like the fade in and out to black editing style.

[@johnschieffelin3226]

Loved seeing the Grand Lucayan Waterway segment. That whole development was amazing in its scope and equally amazing how it has languished mostly undeveloped and little used for decades. Sad you skipped Green Turtle Cay -- it is an absolutely charming island. Maybe you can stop there on the return trip. Treasure Cay was a nice place to visit but the marina is gone and many houses were ruined in the huge hurricane a few years ago. The beach there is still superb. Thanks for the video -- great fun to watch. The Sea Of Abaco is a wonderful cruising ground -- enjoy it.

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

We did indeed go to Green Turtle Cay. - twice! Was very beautiful.

[@lindawall6833]

Great video and music...

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

Thanks Linda. Hope you are doing well!

[@robertframpton5373]

Just found your channel by chance and decided to watch. Imagine our surprise seeing our boat in the background when you anchored at Great Sale. We were the white Prestige Flybridge “Encore.” I actually remember hearing the radio call from the other Canadian boat. We only stayed one night and headed to Lucaya after that, going around West End. I was not brave enough to take the canal as you did. Worried about the shallow sections, but you seemed to get through just fine. We were at the end of our time in the Bahamas and are now back home on the Chesapeake. We miss the beautiful water!! Safe travels as you continue your loop trip.

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

Oh isn't that a wonderful coincidence. The boat that hailed us was Canadian. It turned out he didn't respond because his radio volume was turned down. Not sure if you followed the eventual conversation but he just wanted to know if we were headed back to Florida. It threw me when he hailed because we were clearly in the middle of setting anchor so we thought there might have been a hazard of which we were unaware

[@MarkandMel]

Ahoy! Love the look of that water, especially when Chris dives in and enjoys it so much LOL! 😅 Love that tea pot and solar shower also!!👍 👍 Safe travels!!

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

We are back in Florida, just an hour ago!

[@MarkandMel]

@@gothatawaychrisandsandra welcome!! Glad you made it! We are picking up the pace to meet family so we're already past NJ!

[@johnmarschalk1977]

As someone from the south in the United States, there should have been a cup of sugar in that pot before you put the hot water in!!! Actually, I think my brother and I are two of the few southerners that prefer unsweet tea

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

Canadians usually like their tea sweet, too! But we drink a lot and the sugar adds up so we cut it out years ago. We put a splash of lemon juice in too - not lemonade, which has sugar. The Bahamians love their Arnold Palmers. The best we coukd do is ask them to start with unsweetened tea and a 25% ratio of lemonade. If I asked for lemonade wedges instead, they gave me lime.

[@jamescook7293]

Was wondering which headphones your using and do you like them

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

We have the sena headsets. They are good but can be finicky. One failed in the first month and we had to replace it. The mic boom on one has to be reseated once in a while. I like them because there really is no danger of losing them if you bend over.

[@JohnBraman413]

are you using the same batteries that's in the start of your videos? how they holding up?

[@gothatawaychrisandsandra]

The 13 kw bank has been amazing. I'll try to get Chris to also respond as he will have some pros and cons to add...mostly I just care if there's enough juice to do what we need to do (Sandra)

[@ChrisNewton-gi9gk]

Hi, We are using the same LiFePo4 battery I installed back in 2022. So far the batteries seem to be doing really well. I have not tried to quantify any capacity loss since new but I would guess pretty minimal. we have struggled with the solar panels a bit in terms of physical damage but we seem to have sorted that out as well. I think our current record is 11 days on solar which includes typically heating a tank of hot water a day and typical daily life.