{"id":21105,"date":"2026-03-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/?p=21105"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:01:15","slug":"royal-island-near-eleuthera-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/29\/royal-island-near-eleuthera-the-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Island (Near Eleuthera), The Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here was the moon setting on Thursday, December 4, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6537.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And dawn beginning simultaneously. This was taken moments after the one above, but from the other side of the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6554.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We pulled up anchor at 0630 and headed towards the pass into the ocean. All the sailboats left about the same time we did. They made a conga line again and we joined in. Navigating the pass was easy, as it was an extra high tide (thanks to the full moon), favorable currents and moderate beam seas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The passage itself was also easy. The winds were light, about 3 to 4-knots. Swells were about 4 \u2013 5 feet, but had a long wave period at 10-seconds, so it was a nice ride. Currents were favorable the whole way and our speeds were good, averaging about 7 knots at only 1600 RPM. The day was mostly sunny with scattered clouds and pleasant temperatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6609.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the direction they were going, we figured the sailboats were going to <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/welcome-to-russell-island-spanish-wells-bahamas\/\">Spanish Wells<\/a>.\u00a0Our destination was a little southeast of Spanish Wells. We\u2019d chosen the anchorage because we knew inclement weather was coming on Monday, and we needed to be in a really sheltered place on Monday. However, the wind was going to switch directions multiple times between today and Monday. We either needed to change anchorages each time the wind changed or we needed to find an anchorage that had 360-degree protection. We didn\u2019t like to move every day, and this was one of the few anchorages in the area that had 360-degree protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we neared ur destination, Eric saw a 100-foot ship go through a pass between Egg Island and Little Egg Island that Eric had routed us around because he was concerned it would be too shallow. Since the conditions were favorable and the charts were so accurate, he decided it would be safe to take the little shortcut, which saved us about 15-minutes. All went smoothly.  We entered the small lagoon at Royal Island at 1520.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6633.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here was a zoomed out map so you could see how far we&#8217;d come and how close we were to Spanish Wells (the white line to the right and slightly above the blue dot). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6636.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The anchorage was lovely and flat as a pancake. Here was a photo of the entrance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6623.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And a shot of the fully protected lagoon. Later, we figured out that the small powerboat in the background was used to transport guests to and from the island. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6618.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After getting Kosmos situated, Eric and Keith got the dinghy down and tried to go to shore. Like <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2025\/05\/26\/lunch-at-xuma-highbourne-cay-exuma-islands-bahamas\/\">Highbourne Cay,<\/a> the entire island was a privately owned resort. We had no idea what it cost to rent a villa at Highbourne, but according to the app No Foreign Land, prices for Royal Island started at $20,000 per night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were two docks. Eric went to the main dinghy dock and saw a sign that said &#8220;no trespassing.&#8221; He didn\u2019t try to go ashore as he figured security guards would immediately run him and Keith off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6873.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other dock was inaccessible as it was low tide &#8212; and thanks to the full moon, was a negative tide. That dock also had a sign that said no trespassing, but other cruisers had said that there were some ruins there from a previous hurricane that could be explored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6874.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As was typical for us, we had a mellow evening onboard. Here was the full moon rising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6698.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And Christi taking a photo of the full moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9448.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was another colorful dusk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6699.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here was the moon setting on Thursday, December 4, 2025 And dawn beginning simultaneously. This was taken moments after the one above, but from the other side of the boat. We pulled up anchor at 0630 and headed towards the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/29\/royal-island-near-eleuthera-the-bahamas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[402,52,16,9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bahamas-caribbean","category-caribbean","category-cruising-guide","category-cruising-life","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21105"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21160,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21105\/revisions\/21160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}