I just got off the phone with the captain of the 110-foot charter motoryacht Island Time, which is hunkered down at the Atlantis marina (a popular pickup and drop-off location for megayacht charters) in Nassau, Bahamas.

He tells me they’re experiencing rain and 35-mile-per-hour winds, but no major weather or damage from Hurricane Ike, which spared the northern and central Bahamas a direct hit. In general, it seems the marina operators and charter yacht captains in those popular cruising areas are breathing a sigh of relief. “We’ve been lucky,” is how this captain put it.

I would say that charter guests who plan to cruise in the area this coming winter might consider themselves lucky, too, as infrastructure appears to remain in great shape.

Let’s hope the same holds true as Ike heads for the Florida Keys. I’ll keep you posted when I’m able to get some on-the-ground reports from the popular marinas there, as well.

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