Black Point Settlement
Black Point is one of the largest settlements in the Exuma chain and the friendliest stop on the whole route. It is a working Bahamian village rather than a resort, which is precisely why it is worth a night.
Why stop here
After days of empty cays, Black Point is people: a school, a church, a few restaurants, a straw-work tradition, and residents who are genuinely pleased to see visiting boats. It gives a Bahamas charter a sense of place that the uninhabited anchorages cannot.
Ashore
Lorraine’s Café is the long-standing favourite and Lorraine’s mother has been known to bake bread for visiting crews. There is a laundromat with a view that is famous among cruisers for being the best in the Bahamas, which tells you something about both the laundromat and the cruisers. Walk south along the road to the blowholes on the ocean side.
Anchoring and conditions
A large bay with sand and good holding, open to the west. It is a comfortable anchorage in the prevailing wind and a poor one in a frontal northwester.
Respect
This is somebody’s village, not an attraction. Ask before photographing people, spend money in the shops, and the welcome stays as warm as it has always been.
Send us your dates and party size and we will put together a shortlist of crewed yachts that can take you here.