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Sailing to Nassau | Snorkeling, Friends & Island Nights
8 January 2026 · 16 min · 3K views · New Providence, Bahamas
What this video covers
A father-son-uncle crew aboard Plan C sails roughly 50 miles south from Spanish Wells to Nassau over two days, deliberately breaking the passage into easy legs to avoid fatigue.0:42 En route they troll and catch Spanish mackerel (later corrected to cerro mackerel) and barracuda in the shallow Bahamian waters.1:13 They anchor overnight at Rose Island, where a four-foot barracuda is spotted near swimmers; a subscriber comment warns that local fishermen feed sharks and barracuda there, prompting the crew to stay out of the water for the remainder of the stop.4:48 Entering Nassau Harbour, they find heavy mixed traffic — cruise ships, mega yachts, water taxis, and pleasure craft — with no apparent rules of the road.5:52 At the fuel dock they top off diesel and water before anchoring out and ferrying friends ashore via a partially deflated dinghy that still floats on its two side tubes.5:20 The group snorkels at Salt Key, finding conch shells and exploring shallow reef.8:45 Nights are spent ashore in Nassau. The dinghy's slow air leak in the bow float is a known issue; the crew judges it functional enough to defer replacement.7:12
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