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@Randall Knapp Thats pretty much how I have been selling it to my family and friends. It will be more of an adventure than a vacation. Knowing very well that it will be a vacation once we arrive. Just to be able to say... I am taking the boat to the Bahama's is nuts in its self!
I agree with this. Our local expenditures, other than gas, totaled $15 at the conch shack and $15 for dinner one night. I also bought my son a courtesy flag of his own for $20.
What kills me is you had to pass my house towing your boat to get to FLA. My excuses...gone.
Thanks for adding the pics, hopefully everyone can dump theirs in the same album. I've got so many more to add that I'll probably spend more time uploading photos than I spent on the island!
I should have phrased that better, it's getting the photos that takes so long. We mostly filmed the whole time so my photos are just various screen shots taken from the video. The time is spent going through all the hours of video to get a few nice photos, lol.
That was me, I'll post after I find them...
Rob, congrats to you guys! It was nice to meet y'all!Thanks @upperdeck! I'm still struggling to get my feet on the ground since we got back with 4th of July landing on the following weekend. I think this week I will finally get some air and upload some of the pics I took.
We had such a great time and everyone made us feel very welcomed! We are excited to finally tie the knot, and congrats again to Tyler and his fiancee
I just had a moeller marine 24 gallon tank attached with ratchet straps. I fabricated a closed loop fuel pump system that was able to be disconnected when not in use, that way I didn't have to worry about securing the fuel pump somehow. It was basically setup like this. Spare tank > fuel pickup (came integrated into tank with 1/4 inch threaded receiver) > 1/4 inch threaded nipple adapter > a foot of hydraulic hose attached to the nipple with a quick connect on the other end. The same used with air tools. (These parts stayed with the tank) > longer hose with the connector on one end and a fuel pump on the other with another length of hose coming from the pump to be ran to the boat's fuel tank. The pump was wired with battery terminal clamps so it could be connected and disconnected from the battery easily. Probably not the least cumbersome solution, but it worked for me. I also did not need it for the crossing, I was able to make it on just the lx210s tank.
I didn't look into the legality of it. Should have prefaced that previous post with, I may or may not have used a fuel transfer system. All I know is, I wasn't about to start paddling.
Adult passports are good for 10 years. we got my then 13yo daughters passport last year for this trip, it expires in 2016. I believe at >age 16 it requires a new passport. My under 18yo sons passport is good for 10 years