Saturday, April 5, 2014

The Crossing

We pulled anchor and was under way by 7:00 right when the sun was peeking up. The 1st leg of the       crossing was nerve racking... we had to pick a spot to get thru the reef.  We were the lead boat in our flotilla of two!  The waves were 3 to 4 foot and choppy at the beginning... we battened down the hatches and headed south to catch the gulf stream. Once there the wind and waves downed down and we started going almost 10 knots!  The water was a colbolt blue.  Phil put a dolphin line in and got a Benita..we threw that one back. But before we got out of the gulf stream the line went whizzing again...this time it was a small  Blackfin Tuna! We were going to eat it tonight but we were just to darn tired!
   Coming into to Bimini was quite the experience.  You can't reach any of the Marina's on the radio until you are ready to pull in to one. There must have been a dozen boats (big boats) coming in the same little area we were and everyone was trying to do the same thing. We finally had another boat relay our message to the Bimini Big Game Club, which by the way Kirk and Linda it's the same place we stayed at in the 70's!
Our buddy boat is here with us.  We had no problem getting through customs. We will be staying here till Monday because we can't get our Bahamian sims card till then. We are ppoping the bottle of Champagne!! All is good and the water is crystal clear!!!
Sunrise
The Benita



Phil's little Tuna!!

Bimini!

20 foot deep!!!

Our Buddy Boat!

Love it!!!
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 6, 2014 at 5:48 AM

    Congratulations on your first Gulf Stream Crossing with the EP!!! The sailing should be smooth going from hear on out. The captain just needs to make sure he is wearing is polarized sun glasses to see the shallow water.

    Your blog has been great.

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  2. UnknownApril 6, 2014 at 6:12 AM

    I thought you were in a motorboat, not a sailboat.

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  3. UnknownApril 6, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    Here is another link to a boat heading in your direciton.

    http://thingswedidtoday.blogspot.com

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  4. UnknownApril 6, 2014 at 10:01 AM

    Also you can create a reading list of other boat blogs by going to the top tool bar and selecting "dashboard" It will take you to a new page and on the left you will see a tab called reading list. You can enter links to boats with blogs that you want to follow. There are a lot of boats that have blogs that are cruising in the bahamas.

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  5. UnknownApril 6, 2014 at 10:11 AM

    bahamas cruising guide link

    http://www.bahamascruisersguide.com/

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