Southwinds Magazine, Is the Tide Turning for Tida Wave

A generations-old island rivalry rises-up in the Bahamian out-islands .. as sloop sailors from Exuma fight to retain their lead against the “Long Island Boys” and other challengers.

I have always wanted to sail in the Bahamas -- a chain of about 700 islands winding nearly 750 miles off the coast of the United States and Cuba, about 30 or 40 inhabited.

Legendary among sailors is the jewel-like archipelago of the Exuma island chain, arguably the best sailboat cruising grounds in the world….