afsigma21
Jetboaters Lieutenant
- Messages
- 275
- Reaction score
- 273
- Points
- 162
- Location
- 45424
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2017
- Boat Model
- Limited S
- Boat Length
- 21
2600 miles later I have pulled in my driveway, I am beat. If I get to do this trip again I learned a LOT that will make it easier!
Had a great group of flexible people to cross with. Lots of non jet boaters and a tag along that happened to be staying at Bahia Mar and was about to go alone, Dave and crew were really great people too!!
Going to Bimini was probably one of the easiest crossings ever.
Coming back was rough, but nothing worse than I boated on Lake MI.
My confidence is soaring
No damage or problems with boat, its dirty, going to take a few cleanings to get it looking good again. My makeshift 8' antenna mount on the ski rack was MUCH better than expected.
My Tablet GPS performed better than expected, but there was a couple times it was not bright enough.
Truck made it all that way (2600 miles) without any issue that I can tell, not bad for a Ram 1500 with 155k on her.
There is SO MUCH valuable information on this forum on how to do this trip NO ONE should be nervous about it, IF they are willing to read and prepare! Our group was more first timers than not and everyone was well prepared! I had never done this before and I was EASILY able to organize a small group of people to go together and change the schedule based on weather. It was great!
While prepping for the trip, we had all kinds of non boaters tell us we were crazy and it was dangerous and the Bermuda triangle jokes were a million x10. It was funny when we went to Divers Direct at Dania Beach for some snorkel gear the VERY HELPFUL lady working there says "Bimini, sounds fun, have a great time" totally the opposite reaction from 'Ohio people' LOL
Honeymoon Harbor is really really the coolest thing ever, if you have not gone to Bimini, and you go JUST FOR THIS, its worth it!!
All in all we had a great time.
Had a great group of flexible people to cross with. Lots of non jet boaters and a tag along that happened to be staying at Bahia Mar and was about to go alone, Dave and crew were really great people too!!
Going to Bimini was probably one of the easiest crossings ever.
Coming back was rough, but nothing worse than I boated on Lake MI.
My confidence is soaring
No damage or problems with boat, its dirty, going to take a few cleanings to get it looking good again. My makeshift 8' antenna mount on the ski rack was MUCH better than expected.
My Tablet GPS performed better than expected, but there was a couple times it was not bright enough.
Truck made it all that way (2600 miles) without any issue that I can tell, not bad for a Ram 1500 with 155k on her.
There is SO MUCH valuable information on this forum on how to do this trip NO ONE should be nervous about it, IF they are willing to read and prepare! Our group was more first timers than not and everyone was well prepared! I had never done this before and I was EASILY able to organize a small group of people to go together and change the schedule based on weather. It was great!
While prepping for the trip, we had all kinds of non boaters tell us we were crazy and it was dangerous and the Bermuda triangle jokes were a million x10. It was funny when we went to Divers Direct at Dania Beach for some snorkel gear the VERY HELPFUL lady working there says "Bimini, sounds fun, have a great time" totally the opposite reaction from 'Ohio people' LOL
Honeymoon Harbor is really really the coolest thing ever, if you have not gone to Bimini, and you go JUST FOR THIS, its worth it!!
All in all we had a great time.
