Well, we tried to escape Bimini today. We had a decent weather forecast, we had a plan for getting out with the tides, and we had a pretty good idea where the exit channel was (its not marked and it moves around). We left with three other boats. We were the third one going out. It was blowing 20 knots out of the SW into our faces. Big waves coming up the channel towards us. Zephia was pretty much eating up the waves, we were thrown around but fine. I was m...

We're liking Bimini a lot! We'd be happy living here. Went to Edith's Pizza yesterday for a fanastic lobster and conch pizza! Lunches aren't cheap here though, expect to spend $40 for lunch. We found the best anchorage. Its at the north end of the Bimini channel, just south of the Bimini Bay Marina. !6' of water with fantastic holding. Room for a bunch of boats. Went through the last cold front here. The weather is still pretty unsettled so we'll be sta...

We took the weather window on Sunday the 2nd to cross to Bimini. We had been waiting for four weeks for decent weather. We motored all the way with a 12-14 SE true headwind (17 apparent). It was slow going, just 4 knots the first half of the trip. We had 2-4' wave forecast and thats what we got. Some a lot bigger, but 2-4's on average. They were a lot like the ones we had when we traveled from Lake Worth to Ft Lauderdale. But instead of pusing us from beh...