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Article: Abacos Adventure
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- Motor Boating
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- June 1, 2007
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We cruise the best of the Abacos in Formula's winning 45 Yacht with Volvo's IPS drives.
It was 8:15 in the morning, and Barometer Bob, the legendary voice of the Abaco Cruiser's Net, was broadcasting his daily weather forecast on Channel 68. "There's a small-craft advisory. Wind out of the northeast at 30 knots in Marsh Harbour with 10- to 12-foot seas. Water in the inlets is totally white. It's not a day to go out."
Five minutes later, we cast off the dock at Boat Harbour in Marsh Harbour and headed back to Lucaya, about 140 miles away, in our new Formula 45 Yacht. It was the last day of a voyage through the heart of the Abacos, cruising through some of the most beautiful pellucid blue and ...