ricki
08-11-2004, 03:38 PM
Anyone here have kited these islands. If so , where do you go? Will be going there next week for 5 days and I was wondering if it blows there this time of the year. Thanks
I went through there on a long weekend cruise some months ago. You may or may not have wind this time of the year.
http://www.bahamashomesite.com/be1.gif
From: http://www.bahamashomesite.com/
Little Stirrup Cay now called Coco Cay is located at the northern end of the Berry Islands, situated to the west of New Providence (Nassau) in the Bahamas.
Unfortuantely, I left my gear at home however some of the guys off the ship were riding off the island. The guys were launching at and just above the point at the exteme left side of the island. As you can see there are major rocks along the northern side of the island making most of that area unsuitable for launching.
http://www.blue-n-gold.com/halfdan/lscay.gif
From: http://www.blue-n-gold.com/
With the cruise ships anchoring off the island, things get real crowded onshore anyway. So you will want to walk along the southern shore of the island a bit to the west to avoid the crowds. The water there is fairly shallow and calm. The winds will typically be from the east (NE to SE, E is to the right). I would suspect that winds are generally in the lower to mid teen mph range and not excessively gusty. That is unless you have a tropical storm blowing through in which case it would best not to launch in the first place given abundant squalls.
http://www.sff.net/people/lwe/personal/trips/1998/bahama3.jpg
The area around the east end of the island gets fairly crowded as I said so you will want to avoid it.
From: http://www.sff.net/
They have lifeguards all over the sound extending out from the south end of the island, so I would be sure to stay well away from that area. The island is privately owned and if we cause any grief, out we will no doubt go.
I went through there on a long weekend cruise some months ago. You may or may not have wind this time of the year.
http://www.bahamashomesite.com/be1.gif
From: http://www.bahamashomesite.com/
Little Stirrup Cay now called Coco Cay is located at the northern end of the Berry Islands, situated to the west of New Providence (Nassau) in the Bahamas.
Unfortuantely, I left my gear at home however some of the guys off the ship were riding off the island. The guys were launching at and just above the point at the exteme left side of the island. As you can see there are major rocks along the northern side of the island making most of that area unsuitable for launching.
http://www.blue-n-gold.com/halfdan/lscay.gif
From: http://www.blue-n-gold.com/
With the cruise ships anchoring off the island, things get real crowded onshore anyway. So you will want to walk along the southern shore of the island a bit to the west to avoid the crowds. The water there is fairly shallow and calm. The winds will typically be from the east (NE to SE, E is to the right). I would suspect that winds are generally in the lower to mid teen mph range and not excessively gusty. That is unless you have a tropical storm blowing through in which case it would best not to launch in the first place given abundant squalls.
http://www.sff.net/people/lwe/personal/trips/1998/bahama3.jpg
The area around the east end of the island gets fairly crowded as I said so you will want to avoid it.
From: http://www.sff.net/
They have lifeguards all over the sound extending out from the south end of the island, so I would be sure to stay well away from that area. The island is privately owned and if we cause any grief, out we will no doubt go.