Bahamas Geography - As Far as I know it!

OK, today will be a more of a lesson on the geography of our trip. Before that, however, I must update you on our night last night. We went to Snappa's for Dinner and live music. The band was reportedly all less than 25 years old, with the majority of them around 17 or 18. The music was great. We were in the middle of the largest crowd we have been in since we crossed over to the Bahamas. This was the thing to do on a Friday night. They played a mixture of pop, reggae, and most importantly Bahamian music.

So here are the charts that I was able to create by using the tracks off the GPS unit. They are sometimes hard to decipher, so I made different views. You may be able to print them out for better resolution. The first map is from West Palm Beach to the West End in the Grand Bahamas. It also shows the overall path we have ventured so far, but I will put those up in more detail.

Here is a map with all of the days of travel broken out by color. There is still no detail on the water and some of the smaller land masses do not show up. Here is the recap of the travel days:

• January 3, 2007 -- West End Bahamas to Spanish Cay
• January 4, 2007 -- Spanish Cay to Green Turtle Cay
• January 13, 2007 -- Green Turtle Cay to Great Guana Cay (Sailed through the Don't Look Rock passage)
• January 16, 2007 -- Great Guana Cay to Marsh Harbor (Stopped at Man Of War Cay for lunch)

The following charts are more detailed and show the depths of the waters. Generally the water is between 9-16 feet in the Little Bahama Bank (North of the Grand Bahamas Island) and the same in the Sea of Abaco (the water in between Great Abaco Island and all the little Cays we are visiting).

I tried to isolate the Sea of Abacos on the following chart. This is where we have spent the most time. The eventual plan is the go south below the Abacos and head west back to Ft. Lauderdale, FL.