Bimini July 9-16th 2022

[Julian]

I am planning to go to Bimini July 9-16 (Sat to Sat). I will be staying at Bimini Cove. I am happy to have a few boats join me if they are well prepared are looking for company. Ideally no more than 6 boats total, 3-4 would be perfect.

Departure from Harbor Towne Marina (won't be staying overnight at Bahia Mar) early on Saturday Morning - watching the wind/wave forecast of course.
Returning the morning of the 16th.

If you haven't read the preparing for Bimini thread I urge you to do so: https://jetboaters.net/threads/preparing-for-bimini.3800/

 

[leonard delia]

i can do that trip J

 

[jocolo21]

we just cancelled j2- 6th for weather. waves 5' on monday 6th a storm might creep up from over cuba, its been flat til about the 1rst 4 footers and windy on the 2nd

 

[Scuba_ref]

we just cancelled j2- 6th for weather. waves 5' on monday 6th a storm might creep up from over cuba, its been flat til about the 1rst 4 footers and windy on the 2nd

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@jocolo21 what app is that?

 

[jocolo21]

@jocolo21 what app is that?

windfinder

 

[Julian]

i can do that trip J

Not sure how I missed your message. You going over still?

We'll be heading out July 9th (weather permitting)......

 

[leonard delia]

I would love to go need to be sure i can get time off, im waiting on a couple of things to happen before i make that final decision

 

[Julian]

The forecast looks decent so far for Saturday. Sunday looks even better....

I will try and post our Spot map before we go.

 

[Julian]

Here is our spot tracker map url.

Plan is to cross Saturday morning

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maps.findmespot.com

 

[Julian]

Saturday looks good....Sunday even better!

 

[Julian]

We are planning to cross this afternoon....still a bit rougher than we would like, but we plan to troll for fish for the first hour or so. "Spot" will be active around noon.

 

[Babin Farms]

Are you crossing alone or do you have a few boats going with???

 

[Julian]

Crossing alone (but there are always boats crossing on Saturday)

 

[Babin Farms]

Good luck and stay safe.

 

[tabbibus]

Godspeed

 

[Bruce]

Crossing alone (but there are always boats crossing on Saturday)

Has anyone heard from @Julian? His Spot tracker appears to have run down less than 10 miles before arrival.

 

[Bruce]

Has anyone heard from @Julian? His Spot tracker appears to have run down less than 10 miles before arrival.

I confirmed with Mrs. Julian that he arrived in Bimini around 5PM.

 

[Julian]

Rough crossing for the first half, then was able to move up to 17-19 mph, then 20-25 for last 5-7 miles.

 

[bubbasuwannee]

Rough crossing for the first half, then was able to move up to 17-19 mph, then 20-25 for last 5-7 miles.

glad you made it ok! We hope to do this trip in the coming years.

 

[Julian]

There was more sargassum than I've ever seen in the first half and because it was so rough we ingested a lot and ran for quite a while with cavitation as it would have been iffy to stop. We stopped 1.5 miles short of Bimini to add a five gallon can of gas as we didn't want to run out in the channel. This is why we always take spare gas.