A lee shore in the prevailing easterlies.

Pilotage: Straightforward with Navionics charts and a good echo sounder.

Anchorage: There are three apparent anchorages.

• The best would be in the north by the “yacht club” in the square shaped pool to the north. The downside is that the straight edge is a berth for ships delivering coal to the power station. When we arrived there was a bulk carrier waiting offshore, in the event it was still there when we left.
• The second option is to the north of the commercial pier. This is near the Armada building and is where they would like you to anchor but there was a swell running in there so we opted for the third;
• to the south among the reefs off Pta los Ingleses (which seemed appropriate). Holding was good and the water smooth behind the reefs.

Ashore: I am sure that you can get almost anything you want in Baharona. We landed on a beach near our anchorage.

Clearance: The Armada office is at the root of the commercial pier. They had not noticed us in our private anchorage (although their cleaner had) and would have been happier if we had anchored close to them. There may be some security issues, particularly at night. You can leave your dinghy on a dock wall near to the office. With the onshore wind we needed use a stern anchor to hold the boat off the wall but could safely leave a dinghy there for an extended time. Clearance outwards for Jamaica was painless if time consuming.

Reported by Richard Kingsnorth for the RCCPF.