Bahamas Tall Ship Windjammer Cruises Overview

Bahamas Windjammer Cruise Overview...

Set sail for new horizons on a barefoot cruise in the Bahamas.  On our 125-foot SCHOONER LIBERTY CLIPPER you'll explore the Out Ialnds of the Bahamas from our majestic windjammer.  You'll be welcomed aboard by our expert crew who are there for your safety and enjoyment from our qualified Captains to our wonderful cooks, they are there to make your trip fun and memorable.  You can choose to get involved with the sailing of the ship by taking the helm or hoisting the sails, or just relax and watch that watery part of the world float by as we visit the Bahamas Out Islands on a Windjammer Cruise.

A Week Aboard A Bahamas Sailing Vacation...

A Typical Day on a Windjammer Cruise...

You will wake each day of your sailing vacation to the gentle sounds of water lapping against the hull, sea birds looking for their morning meal and the gentle sway of the ship at anchor. Your day will start with a wonderful breakfast served on the main deck at your leisure. With fresh brewed coffee, fruits, breads and any combination from waffles to cereal, you'll find something to start your day off right! After a relaxing start, we will begin the day's sail. Typically the ship will sail from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. The day is your time to relax, take a cat-nap, read a good book, listen to the Captain tell sea stories or help sail the ship.

On your sailing vacation aboard the Liberty Clipper, you will have the opportunity to explore the tall ship and join in the sailing alongside our crew if you choose to. You may head forward to find dolphins swimming under the bowsprit. Back aft, the captain and crew will show you how to tend sails and let you take a turn at the wheel while the power and mystique of a traditional gaff rigged schooner extends before you. Blazing white canvas will billow above your head, and the stiff breeze will draw the ship forward to her next port of call where once again you will sleep soundly as the soft waves lap against the hull.

On your sailing cruise, you may find that just relaxing on the main deck is how you'd prefer to spend your afternoon - that's fine! Pick anyplace you like and make yourself at home.

While not required, you are always invited to get involved with the sailing of the Windjammer Liberty Clipper. Our professional crew will help you plot our course on a nautical chart. We're here for your enjoyment, so just let us know how we can make your tall ship cruise more enjoyable!

Once we've anchored for the afternoon, you have access to the world's largest swimming pool! Feel free to jump in - cannonball or dive, your choice! We have a ladder available for you to get back aboard. Our crew will also be on hand to assist you if you need anything - we are here to help!

You will also have the opportunity to head ashore each day of your tall ship cruise. Depending upon which tall ship cruise you select, you may find yourself on a tropical beach, exploring an historic fort or touring in our kayaks. Each day will present unique opportunities for you to discover local culture and wildlife. A windjammer cruise on the Liberty Clipper provides you opportunities to truly explore off-the-beaten path locations like you'd never imagined...

In the evenings, you will enjoy fine homemade meals prepared by our Chef. You can relax aboard the ship, or stay ashore a little longer, again depending upon the itinerary of your cruise. Sunsets on the water are always amazing... When it's time to turn in for the evening, your comfortable cabin awaits...

Bahamas Destinations...

Set sail in the Bahamas on a course less charted with the Liberty Clipper. Learn about some of the places that we may visit on your windjammer cruise to the Bahamas.

Eleuthera Island:
Eleuthera is located due east of Nassau and New Providence Island. and is 110-miles long while only two miles wide! It's endless white beaches, colonial villages and pineapple fields always charm visitors. Its shoreline varies from pink sand beaches to large coral outcroppings extending into azure waters. Eleuthera's many beaches are cosidered among the best in the Bahamas.  We generally visit Eleuthera on most cruises and depending upon the week, will visit some combination of the following towns.
• Current Settlement

• The Glass Window: Near the northern end of Eleuthera Island there is a gap that connects Eleuthera Bight and the great Atlantic Ocean. The Bahamas experiences primarily eastern trade winds so while Eleuthera Bight is calm, the Atlantic can be rough and when that happens, it’s great fun to watch ocean waves break through the Glass Window.
• The Moon Pools: Just south of the Glass Window we’ve discovered the “Moon Pools” so named for their lunar landscape. In the Moon Pools, ocean water cascades up into coral rocks pools where it heats during the day to make a natural hot-tub. See water spout up through cracks in the coral as ocean waves roll in from the Atlantic.
• Gregory Town
• Club Med: Visit Club Med on Eleuthera Island, or what’s left of it! While Club Med was destroyed during Hurricane Floyd in 1999, you can still visit these beaches which are some of the most beautiful we’ve found. These beaches have pink sand beaches and lines of coconut palms.
• Governor’s Harbor

Exumas Land and Sea Park:
The Exumas begin about 25 miles south-east of Nassau and New Providence Island. We will visit the Exumas throughout our cruising season. The Exumas are first and foremost a land and sea park

• Wardrick Wells: Wardrick Wells is nestled in the Exumas

 • Pig Island

Bahamas Pace of Life

Liberty Windjammer Cruises in the Bahamas on our Tall Ship Liberty Clipper offer a very laid back beach and boating vacation.  We will sail to the Bahamas Out Islands on our weekly all-inclusive Bahamas sailing vacations.  These trips are generally described as:

• Laid back - take off your watch, turn off your phone and unplug!
• Remote - the Out Islands are the unspoiled Bahamas.  We will visit a mix of small towns and private beaches and islands where we may be the only people there!  
• Limited shopping - While there are a few opportunities to visit some local shops in the Out Islands, shopping is not high on an Out Islands cruise to do list. Nassau, where we board and disembark, is the "big city" of the Bahamas and is a major cruise ship port of call.  If you want to buy it, it will be available in Nassau!
• Water Focused - Liberty Clipper offers a lot of water focused activities: snorkelling, beach trips, dingy sailing, paddleboarding, and swimming.

One of the great appeals of these Bahamas cruises is that we are sailing to a remote part of the world that is unspoiled and renowned for its natural beauty and tranquility.  This is a place to really unplug from the world and relax.  When you leave this vacation, you'll have the right mix of activities, fun and relaxation so that you can go back to life refreshed and recharged and not needing a "vacation from vacation."

Float from a Windjammer

Swim from our ships on a Caribbean Sailing Cruise. Explore the warm blue waters from a tall ship on your next windjammer cruise.

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Windjammer Shore Excursions

Head to the beach each day from your Caribbean sailing cruise. We have snorkels, paddleboards and more available on your all-inclusive windjammer cruise.

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Beer Labels

After an afternoon of sailing and relaxing, sometimes our guests let loose on our Caribbean Windjammer Cruise Vacations.

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Sail to Elvina's Bar on Eleuthera

After sailing the Bahamas during the day, we will visit Elvina's at night for some revelry on your Bahamas Windjammer Cruise.

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Things To Do On Your Bahamas Cruise

The Out-Islands of the Bahamas are world renowned for their unspoiled beauty, easy pace of life and variety of outside activities available.  Our windjammer cruises in the Bahamas are very laid back and unstructured to help you relax and fully enjoy your experience.  Each day, we will offer a variety of activities for you to choose from.  We regularly hear that this is a vacation you won't "need a vacation from" when you get home!  By design, we don't have a schedule so you won't always be checking you watch and asking, am I late.  On Liberty Clipper, you're always right on time!

We have a variety of beach and water focused activities available. 

Activities On The Ship

While aboard our Windjammer, Liberty Clipper, there is plenty to do!  We even have some guests that stay on the ship the whole week enjoying the gentle movement on the blue Bahamian waters.

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Island Activities

Each of the islands and towns we will visit are unique.  In the Out Islands, you'll have plenty of options ranging from hiking, visiting picturesque island villages, exploring an abandoned Club Med and her pink sand beaches, spelunking in caves, visiting Surfers Beach, chasing giant lizards, walking through a whales mouth or just relaxing for a cold beer at a local watering hole.

In the Water Activities

The Bahamas are home to some of the most beautiful blue waters in the world; see how many shades of blue you can count.  Liberty Clipper's route will take you to out of the way and protected areas of the Bahamas hard to reach by other means.  It's a perfect place to get wet and as the waters are shallow, most places we visit are under ten-feet deep, so even without SCUBA tanks, you can see it all!

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Bahamas weather and climate information...

George Washington once referred to the Bahamas as the 'Isles of Perpetual June' which is an excellent description for a nation that averages over 340 sunny days per year, that's about a 93% chance of sunshine!

The Bahamas has a tropical maritime climate resulting in generally year-round good weather and due to the immediate proximity of the ocean, the Bahamas does not experience extremes of temperatures. In Nassau (where we board our cruises), winter temperatures seldom fall below 60 degrees Fahrenheit and usually reaches about 75 degrees Fahrenheit during the day. In the summer, temps usually have a low of 78 degrees Fahrenheit or less at night and seldom rise above 90 degrees Fahrenheit during the day.

The Bahamas really only has two seasons:

• Summer: May through October when rainfall is relatively higher
• Winter: November through April when there is little rainfall and lower humidity

Rain in the Bahamas is typical of any island archipelago in that it tends to come in short-lived and intense rain showers accompanied by strong winds to be followed by clear skies!  Relative humidity generally averages about 65%. The rainy season occurs in the summer from May through October with most of the precipitation occurring during brief summer showers. Winter is the dry season with better winds for sailing.  

Hurricane season extends from the end of June through the end of November.  Liberty's sailing schedule in the Bahamas is structured to avoid hurricane season.