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BAHAMAS UPDATES

08 January 2010

Bakers Bay Beach, Guana Cay, hazard to navigation

NOTICE TO MARINERS FROM MARSH HARBOUR PORT AUTHORITY--A PILING AT THE NORTH END BEACH OFF GUANA CAY (@~ 26 41.06N X 77 10.01W) HAS SHEARED OFF AT THE WATERLINE--THIS IS A HAZARD TO NAVAGATION IN THE BAKERS BAY BEACH AREA--EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION! (the kind folks at Bakers Bay will try to put a temporary mark on this for the second time---Gvt authorities are also responding with a long term solution)

Robert Wilson

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29 December 2009

Grand Lucyan Canal

According to BASRA the hazard to navigation along the Grand Lucyan Canal has been removed or is no longer there.

Robert Wilson

Settlement Point, Grand Bahama Island, Indian Cay passage

At Settlement Point, Grand Bahama Island there is one lone marker in the Indian Cay passage and that is on Indian Cay Rock. Navigating the passage requires going slow and paying very close attention to the charts. If heading to the Abacos there is another stake at Barracuda Shoal which should be left about 0.5 mile off the port.

Robert Wilson

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10 May 2009

Grand Lucaya Canal, hazard to navigation, sunken car!

On Wednesday, a local property owner, checking the condition of his seawall along the southeast side of the Grand Lucaya Canal, found a CAR sunken slighly east of mid-channel of the main canal. A pass at low tide with a boat equipped with a depth sounder marked a little more than 2' over this sunken car. Based on the location of the car as of Wednesday, it is assumed that the car was carried to this point by the current -- and the imminent danger is that the current could carry the car into mid-channel making it even more dangerous for boaters.

The police were notified and promptly responded, however they officers were unable to provide any information about when the car would be removed. As of This writing (Friday evening) the car is still in place, but no markers have been put on it to advise boaters of its location.

A word to the wise: if you traverse this area of the Grand Lucaya Canal, GO SLOWLY and have an observer on the bow.

Many thanks
Stephanie DiBelardino

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29 March 2009

Porgee Rocks-Elbow Cay Route - Hazard to Navigation

Dangerous Wreck had been struck at 25° 00.8N / 77° 12.8 W. Bow of steel-hulled vessel is above water at low tide and below the surface at high tide. Location: 3 1/2 NM SE of Porgee Rocks near the Porgee Rocks-Elbow Cay route on Near Bahamas Chart 6 and Chart NP3 and on Exumas Chart EX1.

The information above is from the Explorer Chartbook website