… where a dramatically new, unique concept of island living is quietly evolving on this delightful Bahamian out-island. In recent years, visionary thinking has been brought to bear on the need for a new way to create a South Abaco community with totally self-sustaining infrastructure that leaves the island’s natural wonders unspoiled. Schooner Bay is […]
Explore the quaint streets of this harbourside village, while you’re caressed by an ocean breeze. Try to imagine your life without cars. Imagine walking everywhere you want to go, your favourite destinations are part of the community and you relish that level of convenience in a Bahamian harbour village. You could be imagining Schooner Bay, […]
Abaco is a teardrop-shaped island lying north and east of New Providence Island (home to Nassau) and the Grand Bahamas (home to Freeport). An hour flight from Florida, it retains the essential character of a family island … Bahamian-speak for out- island. The largest town on Abaco, and the third largest in the Bahamas, Marsh […]
At Schooner Bay, these two words once defined a vision. Now they describe a new harbour village evolving every day, vision intact. A structure meant to last needs to be built not only of durable materials – concrete and steel beams – but on a lasting idea. A new, authentic, but traditionally-based, architecture must cleave […]
Nancy Restemayer remembers standing on a bare lot on the harbour island at Schooner Bay imagining the new home and life that would rise on that very spot. It felt like a dream that was about to come true. Now it has. Nancy and her husband Ron are celebrating almost three years in their new […]