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Where is the best place to get the correct distress signal flares and light
Thanks is the light mandatory?
@Bruce I think this is what I got scrambled in all that I have going on in my head.....Thanks Alan, I am saving my party for Bimini!
Looks like a Goliath Grouper (protected)! Can you imagine...they pull in thinking they have the biggest catch and get locked up! LOL (it is actually a Warsaw grouper)
@robert843, @Ramblin Wreck, @JROD coild you share the model of ski you guys take and how much fuel you burn on the way to Bimini?
Would you recommend that a Yamaha Fx HO, Kawisaki Ultra 300x or 2016 Yamaha VXS carry extra fuel?
Thanks
in case the group they are with was moving slower then that.
I will not take the group out in any conditions where we can not reasonably remain on plane. Anyone who is unwilling to keep up will be asked to return to port.
These last few posts bring back a couple of important issues.
I think it is important for anyone committing to this adventure to be comfortable with the idea of losing their boat.
Lets face it - even with relatively great conditions, such as last year crossing, if your vessel becomes disabled beyond 25 mile or so off-shore due to something that can not be fixed on the fly you will likely be facing a binary choice:
1. jump ship or
2. take you life in your hands and drift away.
Unless we have a weather window that is just amazing, the primary purpose of going in a group is to save the crew, not the boat, god forbid bad luck strikes.
EDIT: I guess I could have just said: read the first post of this thread.
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