Valerie
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Man, I’m kinda sad none of the jet boaters are gonna be there when I am
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I'm interested in making the trip too. I would be heading out from Harbour Towne marina. I haven't booked hotel or dockage yet. I see that the dock at Resorts world is full online. Do you or the group have connections to get me a spot there? If not where would be the best place to dock close enough for it to make sense?booked a slip in fishermans village from 13-16th of june and a couple condos in Bimini bay.....let me know what time you guys plan on heading out and if you need anything as im local and may be able to help @robert843
Best bet to call and see what is available. Plenty of air bnb places to stay. Bimini cove may have some as well but then not at the casino area.I'm interested in making the trip too. I would be heading out from Harbour Towne marina. I haven't booked hotel or dockage yet. I see that the dock at Resorts world is full online. Do you or the group have connections to get me a spot there? If not where would be the best place to dock close enough for it to make sense?
When are you crossing?I'm interested in making the trip too. I would be heading out from Harbour Towne marina. I haven't booked hotel or dockage yet. I see that the dock at Resorts world is full online. Do you or the group have connections to get me a spot there? If not where would be the best place to dock close enough for it to make sense?
I'm scheduled to cross with robert843, kasted1, and some other boats from June 13-16. We're watching the weather too though. Hoping it clears up over the next few days.When are you crossing?
We are watching the weather now….
We kinda hooked up with a group on Facebook that will be crossing with a couple of boats
Our window is still the 16-17
We will be arriving at the Bahia Mar on the 15th
If Mother Nature gets her meds straight!
I have always had the worst luck in July. After about 30 crossing I feel like it doesn’t matter if it’s June or July it’s all luck of the draw on days. In the last four years we have made crossings in both in June and July each year and every July trip has kicked our butts. I don’t necessarily blame July but I’ve not had any better luck in July than I have in June. Actually I’ve had better luck in June. So much so that now when I plan trips in July my wife refuses to cross she just books a flight. actually wrong about the four years because in 2020 our June trip that we had planned got canceled due to Covid but we did go on our July trip and we should not have. We were two boats 33 foot renegade with trip 350s on the back and I was in a 30 foot seahunt Gamefish twin 300 ‘s and we were coming back from Staniel Cay we wound up hitting seas close to 10 foot in the tongue in the ocean and close to Fort Lauderdale the 33 foot boat Blasted through a 10 foot wave lost its windshield, lost its radar, sent one of the passengers flying into the tower. He wound up needing stitches on his head as we pulled into Fort Lauderdale a 33 foot boat actually had taken so much water on electronics got wet in the boat caught on fire. Fortunately they were able to extinguish it quickly and we were able to limp in but it was a mess again doesn’t matter what month you pick all luck of the draw and knowing when to say no we should have said no. we just didn’t have a choice that Bahamas had closed again for Covid and we were being kicked out in the forecast for the 10 days following was actually no better than the day we left.Waves and wind are always sketchy in June, It does not get consistently good until July.
Good to know!After our first trip we realized the pool at Bahia Mar is pretty nice and the bar serves good enough drinks that we would rather spend an extra night there than get pummeled on the crossing.
100% I would even take it a step further I watch the overall forecast as a whole, even if we have a good crossing conditions but they’re calling for the weather to suck the whole time I’m in Bimini. I have no desire to go then as well, if I’m just gonna sit at the resort and do nothing, I’d rather sit at a resort in Florida and do nothing there’s a lot more to do .After our first trip we realized the pool at Bahia Mar is pretty nice and the bar serves good enough drinks that we would rather spend an extra night there than get pummeled on the crossing.
Our trip this weekend was canceled due to weather. Are you confirmed for July 6th? We may be able to join you.We are wanting to head over July 6-13. Looking for a buddy boat or two.
We are heading over on july 8 if weather is good. Maybe earlier if driving goes wellOur trip this weekend was canceled due to weather. Are you confirmed for July 6th? We may be able to join you.
Ours is a hard mount on aftermarket tower. No lowering just removable fabricI have previoulsy tracked those apps to gauge their accuracy, and found their predictions more than 2 days out to be off by at least a factor 2. And even their predictions for the day itself compared to reports of boaters actually out there have shown significant discrepancies.
I would look no more than 2 days out, and even then be sceptical.
And 2.6’ @ 6 seconds is not a bad forecast (not great either though).
And lastly, trying to cross with the bimini up is asking for trouble. Leave it down until you get there.
Concur. Since I like to live vicariously, if I were going on 7/8 my forecasting prognosis would be slightly concerned but still within the realm of "go" on the binary scale.I have previoulsy tracked those apps to gauge their accuracy, and found their predictions more than 2 days out to be off by at least a factor 2. And even their predictions for the day itself compared to reports of boaters actually out there have shown significant discrepancies.
I would look no more than 2 days out, and even then be sceptical.
And 2.6’ @ 6 seconds is not a bad forecast (not great either though).
And lastly, trying to cross with the bimini up is asking for trouble. Leave it down until you get there.