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1,000 Places to See
The Exumas and Staniel Cay, Bahamas
Page 1063
The Staniel Cay Yacht Club is a perfect home base for access to the Exumas Land and Sea Park and other attractions, like Thunderball (a beautiful marine cave excellent for snorkeling and named for the 1965 James Bond movie shot there), and friendly swimming pigs (they paddle out to greet boaters who often bring them food).
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Caribbean Travel & Life
Staniel Cay and the Out Islands, Bahamas
Written by: Dave Herndon
December 2010
In the shallow waters of the Bahamas' Out Islands, local culture runs deep. The Out Islands are also known as the Family Islands, and I'm going in search of the family secrets.
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Travel & Leisure
Exploring Out Islands, Bahamas
June 2010
On this low-key island chain, T+L uncovers stylish hotels and guesthouses, the best places to eat conch, an almost-forgotten dialect, and a warm welcome that’s hard to come by anywhere else.
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USA Today
Seven affordable, under-the-radar beach destinations
January 2009
Most of the action on Staniel Cay centers around the friendly Staniel Cay Yacht Club, where yachters and landlubbers alike stay, dine, and congregate. Here you can rent 13- and 17-foot boats (from $95 per half day) which will allow you to cruise to some of the uninhabited islets nearby, see marine life like nurse sharks, and visit with the famous "swimming pigs" of Big Major Cay, which paddle out to sea in hopes of getting a handout from sailors.
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National Post
An imbiber's guide to the Bahamas
November 2008
I don't know if it's the laid-back decor of the clubhouse at the heart of this unpretentious resort, the down-to-earth staff or the mix of patrons
(folks who stay in the brightly painted cottages, boaters who dock at the marina and locals from the tiny village nearby), but there is something about
it that makes you want to park yourself on a barstool and never leave. It might be that owner David Hocher, whose family bought the place when he was
just a kid, knows that nothing grand or contrived - other than the great food, service and drink - is required to ensure people fall in love with his
little corner of the universe.
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Vanity Fair
Fanfair - Bahamas Bliss
November 2008
Daydreaming about swimming and snorkeling in one of the world's
largest barrier reefs? What about catching fish for dinner, shopping at
high-end boutiques for embroidered caftans, curling up on a chaise and
watching a favorite old movie in a private outdoor theater, or playing
golf on an Ernie Els - designed golf course amid bougainvillea blooms
and fresh salt air? If so, the Bahamian archipelago, which is made up of
700 tiny islands, is for you.
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Outside Traveler
The Bahamas' Out Islands offer a warm welcome and a quick island fix
Written by: Michael Roberts
Special Edition ~ Winter 2006
Staniel Cay, which sits in the central stretch of the Bahamas' sparsely
populated Exuma island chain, is less than two miles long and home to
some 80 permanent residents. Thanks to the Staniel Cay Yacht Club, its
also an ideal getaway for adventure travelers with only a long weekend
to spare. Less than two hours after boarding your flight in Florida,
you'll be an honorary islander.
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Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot's Guide
On the Cover - 2006
Staniel Cay has been a favorite destination of pilots and boaters for
years, and for very good reasons. Ideally located in the middle of the
gorgeous Exuma island chain, there are many small islands to fly and
boat, and clear, turquoise waters for great fishing, diving and
snorkeling. The Staniel Cay Yacht Club has been catering to pilots as
well as boaters for years, and they're good at it. There are a variety
of comfortable accommodations and a lively bar and restaurant. They have
rental boats so you can snorkel Thunderball Grotto, and underwater cave
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Southern Boating
Sunfish Nationals ~ Staniel Cay Hosts Event for First Time in Exumas
Written by: Julie Charles
November 2005
For the first time ever, the Bahamas Sunfish National Championship set
sail in the Exuma Islands September 10-11, drawing a record number of
sailors to race in the picturesque waters of Staniel Cay. For an area
already steeped in the sailing tradition of Bahamian sloop racing, the
Sunfish regatta adds valuable experience in one-design racing for local
sailors to hone their competitive edge.
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Miami Herald Travel
Swine Stroke ~ In Bahamas, pigs don't fly - but they do swim
Written by: Jane Wooldridge
Fall 2005
For almost 50 years, Staniel Cay Yacht Club in the Bahamas has been a
fave forget-the-shoes boaters' haven. Thanks to direct flights from Fort
Lauderdale, it's not just for sailors anymore. The club now has a small
pool and a few bright cottages, delightful one- and two-room spaces
facing the sea.
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Staniel Cay Regatta - A Sailing Success
Staniel Cay, Exuma - Less than an hour by small plane from Nassau but a
million miles from the traffic jams, cruise ships and noise of the
capital. For many Bahamians, the Yuletide season was a time to get back
to the islands and back in touch with what makes them beautiful - the
sea and the people.
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Take a look at these great pictures from the Regatta!
Out In The Bahamas
Jonathan Lerner wanted to know just how laid-back it could be.
Written by: Jonathan Lerner
Delta Sky, June 2005
Wealthy boaters, crusty hermit types who live on
nearby islands and folks from the settlement mingle comfortably in
its screened bar and restaurant, leaving all pretension outside. The
place was established by the father of youthful and perpetually
barefoot David Hocher. “Dad was just a Chicago truck driver with a
passion for spearfishing,” he says.
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Hot Spots 2004: International
Washington Post (1/2/04)
Much of the 500-mile long Bahamian archipelago is pristine and
untouched, with mainstream development isolated to the two towns for which
the Bahamas are best known.
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Staniel Cay: A little piece of paradise for pilots in the Bahamas
June 30, 2003
Written by:
James Wynbrandt
Any pilot who knows the Bahamas will tell you the
most spectacular flight in the islands is the one down the Exuma chain.
A string of islands 90-miles long starting 35 nautical miles southeast
of Nassau, an overflight of the Exumas affords a view of hundreds of
mostly uninhabited paradises (365 islands according to the official
count) swirled in translucent shades of turquoise, each inciting dreams
of becoming a castaway.
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Outside Traveler - 2004 Annual
Midway through the 150-mile-long Exumas chain is Staniel Cay, reachable by puddle-jumper from Nassau and Fort Lauderdale or by private boat.
Here the jade-colored ocean laps at the stilts supporting the seven sunset-facing cottages of the Staniel Cay Yacht Club. Spend a day
snorkeling with stingrays near Thunderball Cave and a night sipping the SCYC rum punch in the club house. |
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Men's Journal - July 2003
Where the bars are.
Boaters gravitate to Staniel Cay Yacht Club, in the Exuma islands of
the Bahamas, for fishing tales and sailors' yarns. |
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Latitudes - July / August 2003
Inns of the Out Islands. Staniel Cay: The Exuma Way to Relax
One of the crown jewels of the Out Islands is the Exuma Cays Land and Sea National Park that covers nearly 200 square miles and encompasses
dozens of tiny islands, including lovely little Staniel Cay. Just a short boat ride away is the park's most famous attraction - Thunderball
Cave (named for the James Bond movie in which it appeared), where visitors can don snorkel fins and swim into a majestic cavern with
light filtering in sparkling pillars into waters colored in otherworldly hues. Thousands of fish - grunts, parrotfish, triggerfish
and species too numerous to mention - call the cave home and aren't shy
around visitors. |
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Outside Traveler - 2003 Annual
The Ins and Outboards of the Exumas.
A peripatetic island escape begins at quiet Staniel Cay in the center of the Exuma chain. Book one of the Staniel Cay Yacht Club's snug
pastel cottages - each comes with a 13-foot Boston Whaler power boat - in advance. Then spend a week day-tripping your way around these
narrow, close-together islands, some barely the size of a major league pitching mound, others large enough to support a fishing village, a
beach resort, and a couple open-air bars serving conch fritters and Kalik beer. Don't worry about your sketchy navigational skills - these
are nearly idiot proof cruising waters. You need only your eyes to figure out how to get to your next anchorage.
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Yachting - August 2002
Yin & Yang
A 1200 mile heavy-weather cruise reveals the good and the bad of
cruising on a power catamaran.
The day was filled mostly with fishing, reading, good tunes and napping
on the expansive deck. She sliced quietly through the water at 16
knots, and we remained in relaxation mode all the way to Staniel Cay.
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Shape - December 2002
Tropical Island Fitness
Snorkeling tropical grottoes Staniel Cay Yacht Club, the Exumas,
Bahamas.
You're face-to-snorkel-mask with a harmless breed of shark as the spongy skin of another tickles your leg. Later, as your board approaches a
pristine beach, its residents - pigs - emerge from the brush and swim out to greet you. Sound like a dream? It is - a dream vacation spot for visitors to the Exumas, Bahamas.
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Yachting - August 2001
Technicolor Dream. If you cruise the Bahamas looking for a laid-back respite, Staniel Cay is it.
Some of the best (and worst) cruising advice flows from fellow cruisers. Conversation usually start with what a rarity good service is, then covers a few good sea stories
and, finally, some favorite cruising destinations. This is how I found out about Staniel Cay.
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Motor Boating - April 2001
Heaven on Earth.
The second leg of our island-hopping journey in a 25 foot Nautica RIB takes us to the Northern Exumas, where we find iguanas, pet sharks and a pig.
About six miles south of Compass is Staniel Cay - Exumas Central. We stayed in one of the colorful, stilt-built waterfront cottages and we
could see the Nautica in its slip from our porch. We could also see nearby Big Majors Spot, the
uninhabited island home of Emily, a
400-pound sow that had misbehaved on Staniel and suffered exile.
- Story and Photos by John Clemans
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