The BAHAMAS
Last Updated
01/13/2010
A short hop across the Gulf Stream from
Florida is a land of sunlit islands, clear waters, and sandy beaches.
Aids to navigation are sparse and not
reliable, so careful piloting is a must, backed up by good charts and
guides.
NOS
Charts | DMA Charts |
ISS Chart |Maptech
Waterproof Charts | ChartKits
| Explorer Charts | Explorer Chartbooks |
Cruising Guides
| Currents & Tides | |Flags |
Prices are
$20.75 each
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The Big Picture |
| NOS
11013 |
Straits of Florida and
Approaches South Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas as far as Great Inagua |
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Crossing the Gulf Stream |
| NOS 11460
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Cape Canaveral to Key
West South Florida, West End, Freeport, Great Isaac Light, Bimini, and
Gun Cay |
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Published by DOD under license from other
governments. With free ANMS printouts. Prices are
$20.75 each.
|
General and Sailing Charts |
| DMA
57005 |
Key
West to San Juan |
| DMA 26320
|
Northern Part
of Straits of Florida and Northwest Providence Channel. |
| DMA 26300
|
Little Bahama
Bank to Eleuthera Isl. |
|
DMA 26308 |
Tongue of the
Ocean Northern Part |
|
DMA 26295 |
Tongue of the
Ocean Southern Part |
|
DMA 26280 |
Eleuthera I.
to Crooked I. Passage |
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Coastal and Harbor Charts |
|
DMA 26323 |
Freeport,
Riding Point & Approaches |
|
DMA 26324 |
Bimini
Islands |
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DMA 26328 |
Berry Islands |
|
DMA 26321 |
Hope Town
Approaches |
|
DMA 26309 |
Nassau and
Approaches |
|
DMA 26306 |
Eleuthera –
West Part |
|
DMA 26307 |
Eleuthera—East
Part |
|
DMA 26281 |
Cockburn
Town, San Salvador |
|
DMA 26284 |
Cat Island,
Rum Cay & Conception Island |
|
DMA 26286 |
Elizabeth
Harbor and Approaches |
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Two-sided rolled charts, 25 x 38.
Prices $26..95 each.
| ISS 38
|
North Bahama Island |
| ISS 38A |
Grand Bahama and the Abaco |
| ISS 38B |
Bahamas Crossing – Bimini
and West End |
| ISS 38C |
Central Bahamas |
| ISS 38G |
West Grand Bahama and the
Berry Islands |
| ISS 38H |
Nassau |
| ISS 120F |
North and Central Bahamas
Fishing |
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Handy flip-fold format. $19.95 each.
| EMB 911
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Bimini Islands – Miami to
Bimini |
| EMB 912
|
Abaco Islands – Green
Turtle Cay to Little Harbour |
| EMB 921
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Exuma Cays – Warderick
Wells to Staniel Cay |
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Maptech chart atlases of the Bahamas have gone
out of print. Here is a new series from Nautical Publications, 24 x 17, with
CD-ROM and Anchorage and Piloting Booklet.
| Region 9.1
Northwest Bahamas |
$79.95 T17359 |
| Region 9.2 Central
Bahamas |
$79.95 T17808 |
| Region 9.3
Southeast Bahamas |
$79.95 T17809 |
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Bahamas Overview, Florida to the Turks and Caicos. 25 x 19,
rolled, waterproof, tear resistant, frameable. Good planner and
memento.
$15.00 T1286 |
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Sea of Abaco, 2007. Folds to 9 x 4, opens to 17 x 23.
$9.95 T477 |
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Bimini Islands and Straits of Florida, 2007. Charts plus
useful notes. 5 x 11 to 27 x 21.
$14.95 T82 |
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Chart books
with extensive additional notes, including facilities and tide tables.
Monty and Sara Lewis. Spiral bound, 12 x 17, waterproof.
 |
Near
Bahamas, 5th Ed., 2009. The Biminis, The Berrys, Grand Bahamas,
Andros, New Providence. 86 pp.
$59.95 T1574 |
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Exumas and Ragged Islands, 5th Ed., 2009 78pp.
$59.95 T13850 |
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Far
Bahamas, 4th Ed, 2008
$59.95 T5175 |
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PUB
147 Sailing Directions, Caribbean Sea, Vol 1, DMA, 11ED, 2009.
Big-ship oriented. PB. 8 ˝ x 11, 170pp (26 pages on the Bahamas)
$36.00 T3849 |
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Waterway Guide Bahamas 2010, with Turks and Caicos. Based
on the Mathew Wilson guide. Spiral bound, 8 x 11, 440pp.
$39.95 T16753 |
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Yachtsman’s Guide to the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, and the Dominican
Republic, 59th edition, 2009. An old favorite, updated annually.
Spiral bound, 5 ˝ x 8 ˝, 480pp.
$44.95 T4179 |
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Bahamas Bound, Skipper Bob, 8th Edition. 2009 Down-to-earth
planning guide. Spiral bound, 8 ˝ x 11, 100pp.
$16.00 T4303 |
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Abaco
Ports of Call and Anchorages, Thomas Henschel. Full-color aerial
photos of popular destinations. PB, 11 x 8 ˝, 72pp.
$29.95 T7010 |
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Pavlidis Bahamas
Guides, Original charts based on personal sureys by the author,
extensive navigational instructions and GPS waypoints, full color
aerial photos and charts. PB, 8 x 11
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Vol. 1
The Northern Bahamas 349pp.
$59.95 T17903 |
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Vol. 2
The Southern Bahamas 295pp.
$59.95 T17955 |
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Vol. 3
The Exuma Guide 237pp.
$57.95 T6808 |
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The Turks and Caicos Guide,
Stephen
Pavlidis, 2002. Includes major cruising ports in the Dominican
Republic. PB, 8 1/2 x 11, 134pp.
$34.95 T15343 |
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Bahamian courtesy flag. Nylon body, white canvas headings, brass
grommets. 12 x 18
$18.00 T10150
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Q
“Quebec” quarantine flag. Solid yellow. Fly until cleared by
customs. 12 x 15
$11.00 T10152 |
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