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Horseback Riding on a Dream Beach in the Bahamas!
July 3, 2025 · 17 min · 217K views · Harbour Island
What this video covers
The crew of the sailboat Doodles transits from Spanish Wells to Harbor Island in the Bahamas, navigating the narrow, reef-lined Devil’s Backbone channel.2:48 The vessel, a full-keel boat equipped with a bow thruster, docks at Remora Bay Marina for a week-long stay.5:14 While based at the marina, the crew uses a Highfield 520 tender to visit Turtle Bay, where they observe tame sea turtles.6:13 The group later travels to the ferry dock on Eleuthera to collect new crew members before visiting Pink Sands Beach on Harbor Island.9:50 At the beach, the crew pays a local vendor $75 per person for 30-minute horseback rides along the shoreline.13:18 The transit through the Devil’s Backbone requires following the magenta line on electronic charts to avoid reefs, with depths averaging at least 10 feet.3:03 The crew notes that the channel can become hazardous during periods of three-to-five-foot swells.3:28
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