ssloop: Bimini-The Berry’s-Cat Cay

During our stay in Bimini, most days were quite windy, however on Tuesday, Feb 4, the winds dropped, so we cruised 90 miles across the Great Bahama Bank to The Berry Islands. This is another chain of islands within the country of the Bahamas. We took a slip at Great Harbour Cay Marina and stayed for 4 nights. The marina had bikes we could use to explore. One stop was to visit the remains of the notorious clubhouse and golf course that was built in the 1960s when Great Harbour Cay was a tropical playground for the rich and famous. Cary Grant, The Rat Pack, Telly Savalas, Bridget Bardot & Ingrid Bergman, just to name a few who were known to vacation here and frequent The Club. It was kind of creepy walking through the dilapidated building thinking what it once was.

We soon realized there wasn’t much to keep us here. We were hoping to cruise around to the east side of the Berry’s to anchor out and explore their beautiful and secluded beaches & anchorages off some of their 30 islands, but the winter winds prevented us from doing this. We knew were attempting to do the Bahamas before prime cruising season (spring/summer). We were hoping to catch an unusually calm February, but it was not meant to be.

The winds were predicted to drop on Saturday and then pick up again, so we decided it was best for us to move on. We traveled 90 miles southwest to North Cat Cay and dropped the hook along a fabulous beach. North Cat Cay is a privately owned island with impressive beachfront homes and a yacht club. We totally enjoyed this anchorage with calm seas, turquoise waters and many sea turtles to entertain us.

Sunday afternoon we cruised north 10 miles back to Bimini Cove on South Bimini Island. We love Bimini so have decided to hang here and relax.