2018 Bimini June trip (June 24th - June 30th)

[Betik]

I guess Yamaha Boats wants to be friends again this year?
Lets see if they invite @Julian this year

 

[ThatJeepGirl]

Anything's an ocean boat if you're brave enough

Unless your shit falls apart on the crossing and Yamaha wants nothing to do with repairing their faulty materials...

 

[Volffas]

I guess Yamaha Boats wants to be friends again this year?
Lets see if they invite @Julian this year

I think they already had their rollout.

 

[Julian]

View attachment 79332 We are FAMOUS!
But I will say, it’s pretty ironic they use our photos from Bimini but these are “supposed” to be “lake boats”

I sent these to Yamaha and gave them permission to use them. I do hope we will connect more with them....glad to see they used them and even gave us attribution!

 

[Betik]

The way I see it @Julian is trying to make the June group to be cooler.....

 

[bronze_10]

I love that that pick has a 2008 and a 2009 boat along side two new boats....

Also we see the red boat is obviously the headliner here Sooo... Where do I go to get my royalty check?

 

[robert843]

The way I see it @Julian is trying to make the June group to be cooler.....

Was this still in question I thought it had already been decided the June group was cooler.

 

[swatski]

Unless your shit falls apart on the crossing and Yamaha wants nothing to do with repairing their faulty materials...

No kidding, lol.

We're good though.
Took a while but we got even, I think.


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[Julian]

I love that that pick has a 2008 and a 2009 boat along side two new boats....

Also we see the red boat is obviously the headliner here Sooo... Where do I go to get my royalty check?

They said the check was in the mail.....LOL

 

[Betik]

Was this still in question I thought it had already been decided the June group was cooler.

Totally agreed that June is the coolest group on its league. It is that the July is a whole different ballgame , I guess

 

[Berrie]

@Amar Nanduri What is the draft on your boat, and were there any areas around Bimini where that was an issue or concern? Did you avoid certain areas that the Yamahas did go to?

 

[Amar Nanduri]

I found 3 Bimini 2017 stickers....one is already in the mail to Swatski, one is reserved for @ThatJeepGuy and one is up for grabs....

I will take the sticker if you still have it @Julian
Thanks.

 

[Amar Nanduri]

@Amar Nanduri What is the draft on your boat, and were there any areas around Bimini where that was an issue or concern? Did you avoid certain areas that the Yamahas did go to?

Hi @Berrie the draft as per the specs is 17" (min) - 33" (max)

My rule of thumb is that if the depth falls below 3.5 feet, to slow down the boat drastically, trim up the engine and inch forward carefully. I got the bottom scratched a couple of times going to and from Hilton when I drifted off the channel giving way to bigger boats. Otherwise it was of no concern.
@Glen warned me about the depth on the sand bar between north and south cat cay. The closer you get to the sandbar, the depth falls from 2 feet to 1/2 foot. I had to anchor my chap in 4 feet of water and wade the remaining way to the sand bar. It felt surreal though, watching the chap from a distance and worrying about whether the anchor will give way and strand us on the sand bar. This is something I will definitely recommend you to experience. The picture gives you an idea of how far away from the chap we had to wade/walk on the sand bar in order to really enjoy its beauty.

 

[Julian]

I will take the sticker if you still have it @Julian
Thanks.

I have one more 2017 sticker....message me your address via conversation and I'll get it in the mail to you!

 

[Julian]

@Amar Nanduri What is the draft on your boat, and were there any areas around Bimini where that was an issue or concern? Did you avoid certain areas that the Yamahas did go to?

We went to the airplane wreck and I was concerned about draft there at low tide with our boat. There are the occasional rock/coral head in there that stick up way higher than the surrounding bottom. We anchored in the middle of a weed bed when we got there as I knew the tide was going out and didn't want to swing towards one of those rocks.

 

[Amar Nanduri]

Has anyone here been to Bimini at end of August/early September? How rough will be the crossing ?

 

[Berrie]

Has anyone here been to Bimini at end of August/early September? How rough will be the crossing ?

The prevailing winds will still be from a favorable direction, they don't change to north until late September.
So it can be really smooth, it can be rough, it really depends on what the weather looks like. Not much different from June/July but with a better change of winds/waves, and an occasional hurricane.

 

[Amar Nanduri]

The prevailing winds will still be from a favorable direction, they don't change to north until late September.
So it can be really smooth, it can be rough, it really depends on what the weather looks like. Not much different from June/July but with a better change of winds/waves, and an occasional hurricane.

Should be interesting

 

[Berrie]

Hi @Berrie the draft as per the specs is 17" (min) - 33" (max)

My rule of thumb is that if the depth falls below 3.5 feet, to slow down the boat drastically, trim up the engine and inch forward carefully. I got the bottom scratched a couple of times going to and from Hilton when I drifted off the channel giving way to bigger boats. Otherwise it was of no concern.
@Glen warned me about the depth on the sand bar between north and south cat cay. The closer you get to the sandbar, the depth falls from 2 feet to 1/2 foot. I had to anchor my chap in 4 feet of water and wade the remaining way to the sand bar. It felt surreal though, watching the chap from a distance and worrying about whether the anchor will give way and strand us on the sand bar. This is something I will definitely recommend you to experience. The picture gives you an idea of how far away from the chap we had to wade/walk on the sand bar in order to really enjoy its beauty. View attachment 79518 View attachment 79519 View attachment 79520

Beautiful pictures @Amar Nanduri and I know the feeling. My boat actually did drift away once with the anchor not holding. Not a good experience. I ordered a larger anchor the next day.
My draft is about the same.

 

[Berrie]

Should be interesting

Are you going back?