Eleuthera is a long, thin island in the central Bahamas, 180 kilometres from north to south and rarely more than two kilometres wide, with an Atlantic east coast and a sheltered west side facing the Great Bahama Bank. It is less visited by charter yachts than the Exumas but offers a different character: the Glass Window Bridge where the two seas meet, Harbour Island with its famous pink sand beach, and a series of small towns with a more authentic Bahamian atmosphere. Abeking and Rasmussen is a German yard producing both sailing and motor yachts to a standard of engineering precision that places its vessels among the most structurally reliable in the charter market.
Abeking and Rasmussen yachts available in the Bahamas include aluminium sailing yachts and custom displacement motor yachts from 45 to 75 metres, typically with five to eight guest cabins and crews of ten to fourteen. The structural quality suits extended offshore passages, and these vessels arrive in the Bahamas each winter after crossing the Atlantic or sailing from the US East Coast.
Weekly charter rates for Abeking and Rasmussen yachts at Eleuthera run from 420,000 to 1,150,000 euros per week, with an advance provisioning allowance of approximately 30 percent. No Bahamian VAT applies.
Harbour Island off the northern tip of Eleuthera, reached by water taxi from the Government Dock, has a pink sand beach stretching three miles and the colonial village of Dunmore Town. Hatchet Bay on the west coast provides a fully enclosed harbour and fuel point. Governor Harbour is the main provisioning town. Current Cut, the narrow tidal pass between Eleuthera and Current Island, runs fast at peak tide and is navigable at slack water. The Glass Window Bridge at the island narrowest point offers a view of both the Atlantic and the Bahamas Bank simultaneously.
