Anchorage· Carters Cays· Bahamas — North

Carters Cays Anchorage (Old Yankee Cay)

27° 4.5′ N · 78° 1.2′ W

Carters Cays are a cluster of low cays between Strangers and Moraine, with the remains of an old US missile-tracking base described in the guidebooks. The charted anchorage is often uncomfortable.

AbacosNassau & the Berry Islands

Practical

ActiveCaptain position for the charted anchor symbol off Old Yankee Cay. Cruisers report too much current to lie comfortably (2015, 2017): boats sit crossways to any chop. Less than charted depths are reported nearby: 3-5 ft at MLW around 27.0773, -78.00459. The missile-tracking ruins were 'very underwhelming' (2017). For a protected shoal-draft alternative see Hogstyle Harbour just north; otherwise push on to Great Sale or Moraine. Pre-Dorian reports.

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A brief look at a seldom-visited cay group

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