Cat Island occupies the southeastern Bahamas at a point where the island chain thins and the tourist infrastructure thins with it. A long, narrow island running roughly 80 kilometres from north to south, it has no casino, no resort chain and no significant cruise ship stop, which leaves the beaches at Greenwood and Fernandez Bay, the bonefishing flats in the north and the excellent reef diving off the eastern shore available to charter guests with largely uninterrupted access. Abeking and Rasmussen, the Bremen shipyard founded in 1907, brings German engineering precision to this setting: aluminium construction of exceptional structural quality, hull forms that carry more interior volume per metre than comparable steel vessels, and a range capacity that makes Cat Island accessible as a direct crossing from Nassau or as part of a longer Bahamian circuit. Charter-available Abeking and Rasmussen yachts run from around 45 to 80 metres, carrying eight to fourteen guests with professional crews. Weekly rates range from approximately 150,000 to 400,000 euros before the advance provisioning allowance of 30 per cent, covering fuel from Nassau or Hawk’s Nest Marina at the southern tip of Cat Island, food and drinks, harbour dues and any permit fees. The Bahamas season runs December through April. Cat Island rewards exploration by a yacht of this capability: the island’s 80-kilometre length means the northern anchorages at Orange Creek and Bennett’s Harbour are effectively inaccessible from a hotel, but straightforward from a charter vessel working the chain.
