I use the waypoints in Steve Dodge's Cruising Guide to
Abaco and the Explorer
Charts as guides and to line up to go through a pass, but you need to look your way through passes and on the banks.
I have also crossed the Little Bahama Bank a number of times and it is no problem either. When I cross from West Palm or Ft. Lauderdale, I enter the bank at Indian Rocks, Memory Rock, or White Sand Ridge. I have never entered the Little Bahama Bank from between north east of White Sand Ridge and Walker's Cay because of the sand bores and
reefs. Sailing on the Little Bahama Bank is not bad, unless the wind is from E to SE, then you will have to wait or
motor. I don't sail at night on the bank and there are more things to bump into than on the ocean.
There are a number of passes from the ocean to the banks between Walker's and Whale Cay and I have used some leaving the Abacos on a nice day, but I am way too cowardly to try them on the way in. The reef seems to be farther out, it is harder to see breakers from
seaward, and I just don't trust my
GPS enough when I have no other good landmarks. Whale Cay, North Bar and Little Harbor passes are my speed.
Waterwayguy is right that to dawdle may mean a fairly long wait for weather. That is why I mentioned possibly continuing down to Eleuthera or maybe even the
Exumas.