Reviews from Rey Stephane (42)

Anchorage Review for East River - Put in Creek

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Aug 17, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very pleasant anchorage at the entrance to Put In Creek in front of the slipway. Very well protected from waves and wind. Very good holding on mud bottom 2.5/3 m. Very calm and lots of birds to observe. With the dinghy you can go to the small town of Mathews by going up the creek to the end, the last 200 meters are narrow but it is passable from 2 hours before high tide and 2 hours after. There are trash cans next to the pontoon. A very well-stocked Food Lion supermarket and reasonable prices.

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Anchorage Review for Jackson Creek South Branch

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Aug 15, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Great anchorage in a creek surrounded by houses with their pontoons. Very good hold in sticky mud, space for up to 3 boats, depth 2.5 m. A public pontoon allows you to walk to the trash cans (1.2 km). Otherwise, you can go to the marina for a few dollars. Very sheltered and very quiet, you can hear nature!!!

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Anchorage Review for Great Wicomico River - Sandy Point

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Aug 11, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Superb bay in front of houses, very calm, far from the channel, excellent bottom holding, the chain and anchor come back clean. Very good protection from the winds and the sea. The anchorage is vast and deep for several boats, night arrival possible, no crab pots!!
Perfect stopover.

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Anchorage Review for Cornfield Harbor

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Aug 10, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very quiet and wild anchorage. Very good bottom holding in a vase that does not stick!!! Lots of crab pots so aim well for the anchor. Very good protection of the vents from NW to NE. Take the dinghy and visit the lake behind. We prefer to be on the port side of the channel because the accessible beaches are on the starboard side up to the lighthouse.

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Anchorage Review for Mill Creek (North)

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Aug 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very good anchorage, completely protected from the sea and very well protected from the wind. We anchor in 3 meters of water in very good mud. It is very calm, the surrounding houses are pleasant to look at and there are lots of trees. Solomon Island and the marina are 10 minutes away by dinghy. Not much to see in the village. Free dinghy dock very convenient right next to the Solomon's Island Yacht Club with bins and toilets!!!

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Anchorage Review for Oxford - Town Creek East Cove

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Aug 5, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very small anchorage area for 2 boats maximum. Very well protected and in front of the marinas. Quiet. Free dinghy dock very convenient. Unfortunately, the village does not offer much interest.

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Anchorage Review for San Domingo Creek

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Aug 4, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

How quiet!! Beautiful anchorage in San Domingo Creek. Just behind St Michael's, there is a free dinghy dock at the end of the creek, a 10-minute walk from the town center. You are surrounded by beautiful houses with pontoons, a very protected area away from noise, crowds and shuttles. If you want to visit St Michael's, this is the place to anchor. There are 2 buoys that can be reserved (https://m.dockshare.app/Dock/Details/658).

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Anchorage Review for Lady Liberty - South

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Aug 1, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

The most extraordinary anchorage that can exist!! Of course during the day there are waves and noise but from 6 p.m. it calms down and then the magic begins! Sunset on the towers that pass through, lighting of the statue, then of Manhattan, the dream.... It takes your breath away, it's so grandiose, and what a privilege to see it from the edge of your boat at anchor in one of the most legendary bays in the world.

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Anchorage Review for Reedy Island

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Jul 31, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very bucolic anchorage outside the channel and well protected!! Coming from the south you have to go through the very small door, about 25 meters wide, very well marked, but with the current you have to go through with speed and at an angle. Ideally located when coming from the south 3 nautical miles from the entrance to the canal to wait for the current in the right direction! From Cape May it takes 52 nautical miles to get to this place. Anchorage on mud between 4 and 10 meters deep.

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Anchorage Review for Fairlee Creek

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Jul 31, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

A real cyclone hole!!! A tricky entrance because you have to go 5 m along a strip of sand, leave the green buoys on the port side and turn 90° to get in if you have the opposing current accelerated well in the bend to avoid getting carried away. Once inside, a vast anchorage area opposite the marina with 2/3 m of water on a very good holding mud bottom. On weekends, a bit crowded during the day. The marina is nice, good restaurant, good facilities.

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Marina Review for Front Forty Mooring Field (Annapolis City Dock)

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Jul 31, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Right in the city center!!! Organized anchorage on more than forty buoys, very tightly packed, maximum size 55ft or 16.50m. The park seems well maintained but be careful this year they have redone the moorings and a certain number of buoys have a thimble for only one end so choose carefully, the further you are in the bottom the less effect there is from the waves. The city has understood everything. There are 22 free dinghy docks to visit and move around, consult the map: https://www.annapolis.gov/176/Dinghy-Docks. Three are around the anchorage. The Harbor Master boat arrives as soon as you have taken your buoy, no reservations possible, payment by credit card or cash, $35 per night.
We had storms with swirling winds of more than 35 knots!! No worries, everyone turns, but it's tight. Possible access to showers and toilets, trash cans everywhere.
Two gas stations in the bay with diesel at $3.35 a gallon!!
There is a paid water taxi service that crisscrosses all the bays.
I recommend taking your dinghy and visiting Spa Creek and Back Creek to really understand Annapolis and its passion for boats. The town is small and very pleasant to visit.

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Anchorage Review for Swan Creek

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Jul 27, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Extraordinary anchorage!! You can hear nature!!! Once you've entered the channel and at the last moment you turn to port to reach the anchorage. There's always a minimum depth of 2.5 m, you're in front of some very pretty houses, and you can see the marinas in the distance but no one and no noise. Very protected, a real cyclone hole!!!

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Anchorage Review for Ginn Sur Mer

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 12, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Incredible anchorage !! Vast abandoned marina, depth between 3/5 m everywhere, very easy access, wide entrance

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Anchorage Review for Clifton Bay - West Bay

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Large anchorage well sheltered from North East to South East, you have to go as close as possible to the beach to avoid the rolling waves which go around the south-eastern point. Lots of sand bottom with 2/3 m depth. Very calm, no nuisance from the airport, just a little noise from the power station which is not far away. Beautiful beach but leaving the annex is not very easy

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Anchorage Review for Pipe Cay South

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 2, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Exceptional anchorage!!! An extraordinary setting, incredible colors! An anchorage on excellent sand but a lot of current so plan for 180° turns. Space for 4/5 boats. Otherwise, a lot of tourist boats passing by at full speed to take photos on the sandbanks ?Take your dinghy and go around all the islands in the middle of the sandbanks, it's magical and magnificent, one of the most beautiful anchorages in the Exumas.

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Anchorage Review for Young Island

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 1, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Magnificent anchorage!!! Entry is either 2 hours before high tide and departure a maximum of 2 hours after if you anchor less than 1.30 m, otherwise high tide exclusively. Very well protected from the North West to South sectors, the tidal current of the pass does not enter the anchorage. Anchored by 2 m of depth at tide, space for 4 boats. Perfect sandy bottom. You must walk in the lagoon at high tide very rich in turtles, rays, ... very pretty colors. Short walk on the island, very beautiful beaches. A snorkeling spot outside quite pretty (see on Navionics)

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Anchorage Review for Pipe Cay Northwest Basin

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Magnificent anchorage, well sheltered from the North East to the South East. Large anchorage area with 2/3 m of excellent sand bottom!! A splendid setting with small islands surrounding the anchorage.

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Anchorage Review for Shroud Cay North

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Mar 14, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very beautiful anchorage, more sheltered and more comfortable than the South Bay and much less people, on the other hand, a depth of 2 m on excellent sand with very good holding power. On arrival, some "potatoes" that we can see very well. Do not miss the walk in the mangrove either by the entrance to the South or the North of the anchorage, I prefer the one from the South, a slightly longer walk but wilder and less depth and a magnificent arrival at the beach!!! A treat...

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Anchorage Review for Warderick Wells - Emerald Rock Anchorage

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Mar 13, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

EXTRAORDINARY !!!! One of the most beautiful anchorages in the Exumas…
Huge space on 2/4 m of super stable sandy bottom
Protected from North to South East.
Exceptional colors ?
Very nice walk around the island departing from the park office with views of the superb anchorages, fantastic beaches
Anchoring in the channel is subject to very strong current and therefore not necessarily the most comfortable
Mooring on anchor costs $0.50/ft and on buoys also $1/ft. The reservation procedure is too complicated for a buoy, it is reserved for those in the know!! And given the number of buoys they have in stock I suppose they are not reliable it is better to anchor

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Anchorage Review for Rock Sound Harbour (West)

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Mar 2, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very large anchorage 2 m deep, good holding sand, but pull on your anchor well before because a little soft!! Good protection from the sea from South West to North West. Water not very transparent

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Anchorage Review for Allen Cay (Inside)

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Mar 2, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Room for a boat, if you have this chance don't hesitate! Protected from the current, very good sand.

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Anchorage Review for Allen-Leaf Cay Central

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Mar 2, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

"Technical" anchorage, little space, lots of current but the scenery is worth it!! The turquoise, white, pink are there, the BAHAMAS!!!!

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Marina Review for Marina Puerto Aventuras

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Feb 9, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Private marina with a few berths available along the docks. I recommend contacting the Harbor Master Gerardo before arriving, very friendly and welcoming who will do everything to satisfy you as well as Gabriella at the office. Tricky entrance with south-east wind and swell, leave the floating buoy at the entrance on its port side, it is narrow but the catamarans pass. Reasonable price water and electricity (220v/60 Hz) included, non-potable water. A station with only fuel (a little expensive!) A supermarket at the exit of the estate, Chedraui, where you can find everything and a gas station right next door to refill your bottles (provide adapter tips). Possibility of doing the entry clearance but only with an agent, very expensive $400!! all costs included which comes from Cozumel. No ship or maintenance company on site.

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Anchorage Review for Hideaway Caye

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Jan 3, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very nice stopover despite very very rainy and windy weather.. the buoys are great and very well sheltered from the North West to the East otherwise anchorage possible next to the buoys by 19 m!.
5 buoys in good condition 20 USD per night. The entrance pass from the South is very easy and presents no difficulty, we saw a large catamaran enter from the West and exit from the East but you have to know it.
Kim, Durst and their daughter are very welcoming and we drink well and we eat very well for a reasonable price ($30) per dish (very well cooked lobster and snapper).
Very comfortable and simple stop call on VHF 74 to take a buoy

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Marina Review for Marina Marlin Cayo Largo del Sur

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Jun 5, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Very pretty little Marina with a pontoon reserved for foreigners passing through! . Unfortunately when we were there at the beginning of June the port director was at home in Havana, so very limited reception we had to fend for ourselves.
Water and electricity included in the price but be careful the water is not drinkable, it is brackish. Very simple formalities.
At this time, out of season, the hours are "special"!!…
Average restaurant, be careful to ask before if they accept pesos because otherwise credit card payment at the official rate, 1/120.
Tuesday loud music until 3 a.m. at the Pirates bar on the Marina.

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Anchorage Review for Cayo Guano del Este

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 31, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Stop for a night offering protection from the east!! . Anchorage on sand and grass at a depth of 5 m.
No one came to see us and yet there were 3 fishing boats and we saw the 2 guards in the distance.

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Marina Review for Marina Marlin Cienfuegos

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 30, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 3

Marina very welcoming but that's it!!!
We stayed 8 nights while visiting Cienfuegos, Trinidad and Havana, we never had water and power cuts every day for 7/9 hours...
The water service seems very special because it has a tank that fills with city water and then a pump to distribute the water to the pontoons, and even when there is electricity the distribution of 'water doesn't exist except when a rental boat needs it...
The authorities are three efficient and precise.
Concrete dock and cleat in poor condition, this is Cuba ?. For diesel it is possible, but you need electricity and cash in $ otherwise the price is not the same!! … If you have a tuk tuk (6 seats) Elvis +53 53 5 65317 well you come from the Marina so no problem, he can also supply you with fruits and vegetables and he organized our transport by minibus to Havana for 8 people at the top!!
There is a 4 dock master who confides in Yoandri super ? and speaks English like Rolo.
A very small grocery store at the entrance but nothing on eggs for $0.31 each!!!
Very good place to leave the boat and go visit other cities.

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Anchorage Review for Cayo Zaza de Fuera

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 21, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Cayo Chiquito or Cayo Zara de Fuera

Anchorage on a sandy and grassy bottom between 3/6 m deep, good protection from the North-East and East. The passage from the south is very easy and well surveyed on the Navionics map, never below 5 m depth.
Surrounded by mangroves, no beach, no fishermen who come to spend the night, no lobster in sight, technical stop for the night, that's it

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Anchorage Review for Cayo Alcatracito

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 20, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Cayo Alcatracito

Easy entry, well mapped, the anchorage is good if you anchor in the sand with grass, otherwise watch out for the patches of stones that look like sand. You can approach the island, the bottom rises very slowly. The barrier protects from the house but not from the wind.
Two things to see:
1) Go around the mangrove in a canoe to see the very impressive dead part!
2) Still with the dinghy, get closer to the barrier and go snorkeling, you understand why it is called the Queen's gardens but be careful with the "potatoes" and you should see critters with long antennae ??
We went to see the two other anchorages, very complicated entry and sad environment

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Anchorage Review for Cayos Cuervo

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 18, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

A very large anchorage sheltered from almost all winds except from the west! Bottom of clay, sand and grass depending on where you anchor, 3/8 m deep.
I recommend that you go to the south between the two passes facing the only island that has beaches
Be careful inside the anchorage there are two shoals symbolized on the map by a simple small cross but they are much larger than that they are between 50 and 100 m in diameter, located due south of the very small islet
Don't hesitate with the dinghy to leave the anchorage to go and see the small islet towards the southwest with a very pretty bottom and outside and there are lobsters!!!….

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Anchorage Review for Cayo Media Luna

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 14, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very large half-moon handle, hence its name! Good protection of the sea by the mangrove barrier. Do not anchor too close because the anchor will not grip (3 attempts). Nothing to do or see except stop and sleep ?

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Anchorage Review for Cabo Cruz

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 13, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Anchorage well protected from the swell by the barrier but not from the wind
The entry is simple, the Navionics maps are just follow the markings and enter between the green marker and the red one then move towards the village, when there is almost only sand you get wet in 3/5 m of depth, the dark spots are herbs.
As soon as you arrive, a rowing boat with two young border guards will arrive to take your despacho and will bring it back to you 1 hour before your departure!!!

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Anchorage Review for Marea del Portillo

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 12, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very beautiful bay, huge and super well protected, a dream anchorage!!!? Mud bottom, super tight, we anchor between 3 and 5 m deep behind the mangroves
Entrance poses no problem, follow the map and the markers.
The border guard came the morning after our arrival at 8 a.m. with his small rowing boat just to copy the despacho and put the entry and exit date, very kind!!
We therefore had the right to go ashore for a walk to visit the village. Great welcome from the population and by bartering we were able to have bananas, eggplants, peppers, mangoes and honey.
Our annex was very well guarded with no security concerns.
With the annex visit from the mangrove to the magnificent sea!!!

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Anchorage Review for Chivirico

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 10, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very picturesque anchorage!! A delicate but well explained entry on Navionics with accurate probes!! Follow the alignment at 337° until the light and turn to port heading at 270°. The turn is made 30 m from the shore and stay straight, the end of the reef is indicated by a pole. The pass is 6 m deep and narrow but as soon as it is finished the bottom rises to 2 m Mini, go to the bottom, anchoring on mud at 2.50 m. Super protected from wind and swell. In the background the fishermen's quay

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Marina Review for Marina Marlin Punta Gorda

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on May 9, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 3

Very small Marina in long side on concrete quay. There are still water and electricity terminals (110/220 V at 60Hz) but the electricity is very often cut off by the state!!!…
Welcoming staff and fairly quick on-site formalities
Entrance fee $55/boat
Visa or tourist card if you have not done so in advance at your embassy $75/person
Medical tax $30/pers
Place for a 44-footer $30.60/day
Unable to book despite the email sent
Possibility of making diesel for $1 per liter but you must do so in advance because authorizations are necessary and only by jerrycans and for the quantity you have requested
No shops around
To go to town taxis or buses but given the few tourists you are very quickly targets and it becomes painful
The restaurant on the island is good but expensive

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Anchorage Review for Calabash Bay

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 26, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Very nice anchorage but be careful if the North wind swell is very uncomfortable because the wave enters the bay. Anchored as far north as possible from the bay in 2 m of water.
The North Pass is well mapped
Extraordinarily fine sand, splendid colors, a lagoon and a mangrove that are a must-visit. The hotel complex is not disturbing and very discreet. We tried the Sunset restaurant in the mangrove meh!! A salad as a starter, a plate with a little rice and coleslaw with half an overcooked and frozen lobster tail for $50 plus 15% service even though there is none!!! The plate is very expensive...

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Anchorage Review for Strachan Cay

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 26, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

North East wind 15/20 kn good protection a little swell comes in but very bearable, to spend a night. Very good sand, don't hesitate to approach the small beach there is some depth

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Anchorage Review for Rat Cay West

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 22, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Superb anchorage on a sandy bottom of excellent hold between 2 and 4 m. Very good protection from East to South. The access channel from the south does not pose any problems
A pretty beach and towards the south of the anchorage is indicated on Navionics two wrecks of small trucks at a depth of 3 m, lots of fish live there, nice!! Another against the island to the east in front of the beach.
Be careful we had very small jellyfish called "thimbles" because they are not bigger than that!! They cling to your clothes so be careful

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Anchorage Review for Williams Cay

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 22, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Incredible and spectacular anchorage!!! A huge space between 1.8 and 2.2 m on excellent sand. Very good protection of the eastern sectors and the sea. The main beach is occupied by 2 dogs who swim very well and the other beaches are very quiet.
Crystal clear water and a magnificent environment ?

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Anchorage Review for Bitter Guana Cay North

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 20, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Extra anchorage!!! Large expanse of sand with a depth of 2/4 meters in front of a pretty beach with a small white cliff and pink Bahamian iguanas!
Very sheltered from the east wind and the sea.
Do not follow the Navionics chart to enter this anchorage, it is very wrong, look at the Explorer Charts which are perfect. Very calm, crystal clear water, a marvel ?

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Anchorage Review for Norman's Cay - McDuffs

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 19, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

We anchor in front of a very large, splendid beach on which we can disembark for a walk!! On a sandy bottom approximately 2 m deep. No current and very well protected from the North East and East, crystal clear waters.
Go with your dinghy to see the plane wreck and visit the marina. The plane is only visible at low tide, so spot it well before going there, it's very nice to see it resting at a depth of 3 m and go there at slack water.

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Anchorage Review for Shroud Cay Moorings

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 18, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Another magical island!!!
The anchorage is excellent by NE and E, this area is deeper than the anchorage further north. Use Explorer maps which are just unlike Navionics.
The must is to go with the annex to do the "river dinghy" a little before high tide to benefit from the rising current, you enter through the middle of the island and you exit to the north, go see the sea on the side is, it's absolutely magnificent.
In the south, lots of things to do too

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