Come discover the magic of life in Andros
Nestled in the heart of Fresh Creek, Andros, The Andros Lighthouse Yacht Club has been a beacon to boaters and visitors to the Bahamas since 1951.
Founded in 1951 and recently fully refurbished, the ALYC is a full service Yacht Club and Marina offering diesel, gas, electricity, water, ice and bait with 20 air-conditioned Yacht Club and Bungalow rooms; all with private outdoor terraces and either pool & ocean or marina & harbour views.
YACHT CLUB & MARINA
The Yacht Club offers 28 slips for boats of all sizes and a full range of marina services including fuel, 24-hour security and Wi-Fi.
RELAXING GETAWAY
Excellent accommodations welcome those wanting to spend a night or two on shore and an outdoor swimming pool, restaurant, bar and general store make relaxing easy.
TAILOR-MADE ADVENTURES
Plan a deep sea fishing expedition, experience the wonder of the Andros Great Barrier Reef, explore one of the many blue holes or enjoy a picnic on a deserted island.
Come discover the Andros Lighthouse Yacht Club
Located at the junction of Fresh Creek and the Atlantic Ocean, The Andros Lighthouse Yacht Club (ALYC) is prominently marked by its namesake a 132 year old lighthouse, along with three cannons from the “Cottsac” Schooner, which wrecked just a few miles away on Stanyard Rock in the 1800s.
Rates
Dockage: $6.00 per foot, minimum $200 a night plus taxes and fees.
Rooms: from $525 a night plus taxes and fees.
GIVE YOUR SEA LEGS A REST & RELAX AT THE LIGHTHOUSE YACHT CLUB
The island paradise offers 20 air-conditioned Yacht Club and Bungalow rooms. Each room comes complete with a walk in rain-shower, separate sitting area, mini fridge, private outdoor terrace and either pool & ocean or marina & harbour views, to ensure you feel right at home. An outdoor swimming pool, restaurant, bar and general store will make relaxing easy.
FLAVOURS OF ANDROS
Take time to savour Andros gastronomy while enjoying some of the most spectacular scenery.
ALYC is home to the Calabash Restaurant, Hemingway Bar and Captains Cabin General Store and Bar. Delight your palate with a signature island cuisine based on fresh regional ingredients. Enjoy a wide selection of excellent wine, champagnes, spirits, and speciality drinks.
Calabash Restaurant
Take in stunning views as our team prepares exciting dishes and family favourites from our locally sourced, seasonal menus designed to please all palates.
RENAISSANCE OF A GLAMOROUS CLUB
Today the Andros Lighthouse Yacht Club is enjoying a renaissance with its reopening and an ambitious redevelopment plan for the Lighthouse Club that will see the addition of a 120 room luxury hotel, 60 slip inland marina and 160 private residential villas and townhouses.
Unwind in paradise, refuel for adventure
History
In the mid 20th Century, sleepy Andros was home to 5,000 fishermen, basket weavers, and subsistence farmers, scattered along a handful of coastal settlements. The island’s backwater somnolence broken up only by the 1950’s arrival of The Andros Yacht Club and its glamorous neighbour the Lighthouse Club: a ritzy development financed by Swedish industrialist, Axel Wenner-Gren.
History
Having made his fortune with the Electrolux vacuum-cleaner company—as well as the Bofors munitions factory that produced munitions for the Reich—Wenner-Gren relocated to the islands in ‘42 to avoid war and taxes, arriving aboard the Southern Cross, a palatial 320-foot yacht he’d purchased from Howard Hughes. Having set himself up in the islands; the millionaire Swede was swiftly taken up by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the bored governing royals who exiled to Nassau, were thrilled to welcome Wenner-Gren: A kindred spirit who came handily equipped with the world’s largest private luxury liner.
History
Meanwhile, with plans to develop a Shangri-La for the sun-seeking super rich, Wenner-Gren purchased 100,000 acres in Fresh Creek, Andros. Completed in the the early ‘50s, The Andros Yacht Club and the Lighthouse Club drew sailboats and seaplanes full of swells over from Nassau and Florida, with the Rat Pack performing at the Club, Esther Williams sipped cocktails by the pool, Ernest Hemingway telling stories at the bar and Joe Carstairs, Marlene Dietrich and a roster of glitterati clearing tabs with thousand dollar bills. Slim Aarons captured the jet-set for Holiday Magazine and social columnist Nancy Randolph wrote in 1955 “the World is witnessing a socially historic struggle between Palm Beach and Andros. The aim to capture important persons from New York to attend competing events”, “the Lighthouse Club truly is a gem to behold - that’s as bewitching as anything this side of Tahiti”.
Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Separate, dedicated fuel dock with high-speed pumps.
Fuel
$1.60 per kWh. 30, 50, and 100 amp service available. Daily minimums apply. Single and Three-phase available.
Electricity
$.40/gallon.
Water
Ice $10 bag.
Bait (rigged ballyhoo and squid) is available.
Ice and Bait
Available in the Clubhouse and complimentary for registered Marina and Yacht Club guests.
Internet
Rubbish charges are $ 10 bag (+tax). All rubbish should be put in the designated rubbish bins. Please do not leave trash bags in any other area on the dock or property. Please alert our staff as to the number of bags you dispose of so that the applicable charges can be billed.
Rubbish
Absolutely no fishing is permitted in the marina area, either from the dock or from vessels tied to the dock. Please note: by Bahamian law, nothing may be taken from the Andros National Sea Park waters and this includes fishing of any kind. All guests are responsible for knowing Bahamian fishing regulations (click here for more information).
Fishing
Fuel
Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Separate, dedicated fuel dock with high-speed pumps.
Electricity
$1.60 per kWh. 30, 50, and 100 amp service available. Daily minimums apply. Single and Three-phase available.
Water
$.40/gallon.
Ice and Bait
Ice $10 bag.
Bait (rigged ballyhoo and squid) is available.
Internet
Available in the Clubhouse and complimentary for registered Marina and Yacht Club guests.
Rubbish
Rubbish charges are $ 10 bag (+tax). All rubbish should be put in the designated rubbish bins. Please do not leave trash bags in any other area on the dock or property. Please alert our staff as to the number of bags you dispose of so that the applicable charges can be billed.
Fishing
Absolutely no fishing is permitted in the marina area, either from the dock or from vessels tied to the dock. Please note: by Bahamian law, nothing may be taken from the Andros National Sea Park waters and this includes fishing of any kind. All guests are responsible for knowing Bahamian fishing regulations (click here for more information).
OUR SERVICES
Welcome to the Andros Lighthouse Yacht Club
Unwind in paradise
Enjoy a drink or two at
Hemmingway’s BAR
LOCALLY SOURCED FARE AT CALABASH RESTAURANT
refuel for adventure IN THE MARINA
Lunch with a view on The Calabash Terrace
