JetBoaters.net Bimini Fling July 10th to 15th 2017

[Drift Away]

Map updated!

I appreciate the astrix on the side for those of us stay somewhere else makes us feel like part of the team lol

 

[Bill D]

@Drift Away this might be more your style.

 

[Drift Away]

@Drift Away this might be more your style.

Thats great. I love the tiki bars. The house we got is only a few streets from the sands so we plan on taking the golf cart or bikes over for some evening drinks

 

[ACrews]

@Bruce, if I can have this delivered in time, I'll go this year. Why doesn't Yamaha offer this in the United States?

 

[robert843]

@Bruce, if I can have this delivered in time, I'll go this year. Why doesn't Yamaha offer this in the United States?View attachment 51869

I always thought this was cool as it just doesn't look like an outboard powered boat

 

[Valerie]

I'm in 20 e with Betik
Looks like there's gonna be 2 Valeries

 

[MrMoose]

I'm in 20 e with Betik
Looks like there's gonna be 2 Valeries

That way the risk of slipping and saying another woman's name to his wife is eliminated. @Betik is sly.

 

[MrMoose]

Cool looking boat. I think they do not offer those models here because there is too much competition. Yamaha's current US lineup has dominated their segment of the market in the States. If they were to start offering sport cruisers with traditional outboards they would have to compete with almost literally every other boat manufacture. Doesn't make sense in my opinion but you never know.

To add to @ClemsonTiger's point, the competition in this space probably makes boats that don't leak, so Yamaha isn't ready to play with the big boys yet.

 

[MrMoose]

Check out what the Bimini Shark Lab caught...
http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/mas...search-group-seen-photos/#v35hm3MxwpwEZ9Fp.97

 

[SeanPC]

Check out what the Bimini Shark Lab caught...
http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/mas...search-group-seen-photos/#v35hm3MxwpwEZ9Fp.97

Every six months or so I stumble on the same show where they dive with Hammerheads around Bimini. Luckily they say they're only around during the winter months. Unfortunately, my wife was watching the show with me this time and I can tell she gets nervous (Bimini in future plans unless someone wants to bank roll boat mods and put my wife on payroll this year! ). Just have to pull out the old 'odds book' and seems to calm her down...kinda.

Love the toilet odds.. makes me re-think my morning routine. Guessing murder odds are much higher if you're in Chicago.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131219-lottery-odds-winning-mega-million-lotto/

Odds of getting struck by lightning in your lifetime: 1 in 3,000
Odds of being injured by a toilet this year: 1 in 10,000
Odds of getting killed by a shark: 1 in 3.7 million
Odds of dying from an asteroid or comet: between 1 in 3,000 and 1 in 250,000
Odds of your car hitting a deer in Hawaii, the state where that is least likely to occur: 1 in 6,787
Odds of dying from a bee sting: 1 in 6 million
Odds of being murdered today in the United States: 1 in 19,000

 

[Bruce]

There have been five documented shark attacks near Bimini since 1895. All five were non fatal. Three were provoked. http://www.sharkattackdata.com/place/bahamas/bimini_islands

I am not jumping in if I see a shark other than a nurse shark swimming but the shark concern is massively overhyped.

 

[Drift Away]

There have been five documented shark attacks near Bimini since 1895. All five were non fatal. Three were provoked. http://www.sharkattackdata.com/place/bahamas/bimini_islands

I am not jumping in if I see a shark other than a nurse shark swimming but the shark concern is massively overhyped.

There could have been some eaten in Bimini last week and id still be going in july.

 

[hobineros]

what ... is... that! That looks amazing. (the yacht Yamaha). lol

 

[MrMoose]

There have been five documented shark attacks near Bimini since 1895. All five were non fatal. Three were provoked. http://www.sharkattackdata.com/place/bahamas/bimini_islands

I am not jumping in if I see a shark other than a nurse shark swimming but the shark concern is massively overhyped.

To me, from above, I think that the nurse and the bull look similar.

 

[Betik]

That way the risk of slipping and saying another woman's name to his wife is eliminated. @Betik is sly.

No comment. LOL

 

[Bruce]

what ... is... that! That looks amazing. (the yacht Yamaha). lol

Yamaha makes massive boats in Japan. There are rumors of something similar coming to the US. They went as far as sourcing parts last year.

The most likely design would have twin outboards in covered pods like the boat pictured.

 

[Yadel]

Yadel has registered to captain Code Blue with a crew of 1 adults and 0 children. They hail from the home port of Miami.

The crew is described as: pretty sporty

You can register for the event using the form at https://jetboaters.net/forms/bimini-2017-registration.6/respond

 

[tim h]

We had a minor shark bite last year with one of my crew...

Turns out, his fingers looked just like the WHOLE squid he was feeding it.
And it was after he had put a major dent in his newly acquired bottle of the local rum... so his reaction time may have been on the slow side...
As of now he has a tattoo of the silhouette of a nurse shark on his arm, to memorialize the event.

 

[Yadel]

Got 17K booked!

 

[Bruce]

Got 17K booked!

That was quick!