Marina· Crooked Island· Bahamas — Eleuthera, Andros & the Out Islands
Crooked Island Marina (Landrail Point)
22° 49.9′ N · 74° 20.9′ W
The only marina in the Crooked-Acklins group: a newly built 35-slip basin at Pittstown Point, part of Crooked Island Lodge, with diesel, gas, RO water and shore power at the hinge of the routes to the Turks and Caicos, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. A reef sits steps from the slips and a 33-ft-deep wall begins about 200 yards off the beach.
Practical
Lodge figures: 35 slips (Waterway Guide lists 42 transient slips), vessels to 160 ft, 10 ft MLW throughout, approach depth 15-18 ft, special wide catamaran slips; 35, 50 and 100 amp power; reverse-osmosis water. Two fuel docks with six pumps (diesel and gasoline) fed from a 72,000-gallon fuel farm, open dawn to dusk daily; fuel paid at the pump. Channel marked by advisory red and green buoy balls that can move: keep reds about 75 ft to starboard entering; call VHF 16 when you reach Bird Rock Lighthouse for pilotage (Waterway Guide: monitors 16, works 14). Lodge waypoints (representative only, pilot visually): 1) N 22°50.210' W 074°21.628', 2) N 22°50.401' W 074°21.199', 3) N 22°50.167' W 074°21.043', 4) N 22°49.924' W 074°20.992'. No after-dark arrivals. Visa and Mastercard only; card kept on file. Dockage reported by cruisers at $2/ft (Jan-Feb 2022) and $4/ft (April 2024); verify locally. Services (lodge site): restaurant and bar by reservation, ice $12 a bag incl. VAT, laundry $20 a load plus VAT (24-hour turnaround), waste-oil disposal $30, free ride to the local store about 2.5 miles away when staff are free, van to Colonel Hill Airport $100 per trip (about 35 minutes), provisions from lodge stores and weekly supply-boat orders (submit by 12:00 pm Monday for the Friday boat, which often runs late). Checkout 11:00 am; quiet hours after 10:00 pm; no fish waste in the basin. noforeignland reviewers (2024) note no showers or toilets yet, ongoing construction, and fierce mosquitoes and no-see-ums.
Best for
Fuel, water and a secure slip between Long Island and the Turks and Caicos
Season
Year-round; hurricane exposure Jun–Nov
Nearby
- Pittstown historic post office site0.1 NM away
- Pittstown Point beach and reef snorkel0.1 NM away
- Pittstown Point Landings (Crooked Island Lodge Restaurant & Sunset Bar)0.1 NM away
- Pitts Town Airport (PWN)0.2 NM away
- Crooked Island wall dives0.4 NM away
- Casuarina Pines Villas restaurant (Seahorse Shores)0.8 NM away
- Marine Farm fortification (BNT)0.9 NM away
- Seahorse Shores Beach (Crooked Island)0.9 NM away