JetBoaters.net Bimini Fling July 9th to 14th 2018

[robert843]

Hell, I was kinda looking forward to the sketchy rope climb.

Its not that bad have done it several times I'm sure that is still there. It wasn't till my third time climbing it that I turned around and realized if I fell there was a bunch of metal in the water underneath me to help break my fall. You literally climb up parts of whats left of the engine equipment to gain access to the rope.

 

[robert843]

When I was there is 2016 someone had added a rope ladder outside of the hull which was a safer climb especially if you had kids who wanted to do it but to be honest both are sketchy and I walked away with cuts and scrapes from both nothing serious and nothing that would stop me from doing it again.

 

[Betik]

@Betik is that a dare? LOL

I think of it as fundraiser. Either the $20 or more likely life insurance money.
It is a win win , no downside to this whatsoever ....

 

[swatski]

I need to find the dolphins this year! Was the only thing I was sad I missed !

Dolphins, sharks, sting rays and starfish are the main goals for my kids and us!

@Speedling here is another teaser for you - few clips from our awesome 2016 trip (in my old 190). There is lots of dolphins and kids playing (starting at about 4:15).
I believe @Bruce and @Rana have taken some underwater footage from that same encounter, while @MrMoose was helping to corral the flock.

It was truly an out of this world experience, as the dolphins seemed to deliberately play with the kids and the jetboat, for quite a while.

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[Betik]

@swatski I hear dolphins get intimidated from 24 footers. They like boats that are no more than twice their length.

 

[robert843]

@Speedling one pretty sure fire way to find dolphins is look for the wild quest sailing catamaran they do dolphin tours they usually end up a few miles north of three sisters rocks. A week or two before the trip you could probably call or email to find out there schedule so you know exactly when to take you family out to look for them.

https://www.wildquest.com/wildquest/

 

[Bruce]

@Speedling one pretty sure fire way to find dolphins is look for the wild quest sailing catamaran they do dolphin tours they usually end up a few miles north of three sisters rocks. A week or two before the trip you could probably call or email to find out there schedule so you know exactly when to take you family out to look for them.

https://www.wildquest.com/wildquest/

Traditionally that has been the case, but last year we found some bottlenose dolphins in that area while the spotted dolphins were reported further to the south in the Three Sisters area. Despite much time and fuel spent looking for them I am not aware of any JetBoaters having much luck with dolphins in 2017.

 

[robert843]

Dolphins, sharks, sting rays and starfish are the main goals for my kids and us!

I posted above the easiest way to find dolphins. The sure fire way to see sharks is do the shark lab tour one morning part of their deal is they will take you out to their shark pen and let you touch and see their sharks. Rays will be at honeymoon harbor and you will find star fish typically near both plane wrecks sights on South Bimini that should pretty much guarantee you see all 4.

 

[robert843]

Traditionally that has been the case, but last year we found some bottlenose dolphins in that area while the spotted dolphins were reported further to the south in the Three Sisters area. Despite much time and fuel spent looking for them I am not aware of any JetBoaters having much luck with dolphins in 2017.

If you found out the schedule they are running you could pretty much just follow them out to where ever the dolphins are I just would keep a fair distance back in the travel to them just to be respectful.

 

[D3nN1s]

Does anyone have info on drone laws in Bimini?

 

[robert843]

Does anyone have info on drone laws in Bimini?

This is a gray area if you google search it you will get a bunch of different responses. I do know you have to register it with Bahamas aviation prior to your trip and last I heard you still had to get special permission to fly it from the department of aviation and you must have proof of insurance on you while flying. Flight rules are similar to here while flying.

 

[James R Whitten]

So I'm seeking some charity. There's a few local country artist around here who've found out about this trip and want to make a music video in bimini and was wondering in anyone had a a seat or two open. I think they're wanting to take the ferry across and hitch a ride to a few locations. Some how I got volunteered into asking if anyone was interested.

 

[Bruce]

If you found out the schedule they are running you could pretty much just follow them out to where ever the dolphins are I just would keep a fair distance back in the travel to them just to be respectful.

Have you actually tried to chase the dolphin boats to swim with the dolphins? They will have paying customers strung out for hundreds of feet behind the boat. We have used them to find dolphins in the past but by far the best experiences have been when we found the dolphins on our own. They were easy to find in 2016 but difficult in 2014, 2015 and 2017.

 

[robert843]

Have you actually tried to chase the dolphin boats to swim with the dolphins? They will have paying customers strung out for hundreds of feet behind the boat. We have used them to find dolphins in the past but by far the best experiences have been when we found the dolphins on our own. They were easy to find in 2016 but difficult in 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Yes we did in 2016 in this video you can see our experience in 2016 you can see the dolphin tour sailing catamaran in the background when we pulled up the Dolphins left them and came over to us.
Dolphins are about at the 1:25 mark in this video.

 

[Andy S]

So I'm seeking some charity. There's a few local country artist around here who've found out about this trip and want to make a music video in bimini and was wondering in anyone had a a seat or two open. I think they're wanting to take the ferry across and hitch a ride to a few locations. Some how I got volunteered into asking if anyone was interested.

If they wanted to come on the June trip, I would be willing give them rides to various locations.

 

[James R Whitten]

If they wanted to come on the June trip, I would be willing give them rides to various locations.

They're friends of my buddy so they want to go on the July trip with us.

 

[Screennameinuse]

Ha I love this screen name

Thanks. All the names I could think of were in use. Room reservation is secured. We're in BS-20D

 

[Betik]

Thanks. All the names I could think of were in use. Room reservation is secured. We're in BS-20D

I bet $20 your new screen name after Bimini will be " AllRoomsByThePoolInUse"

 

[JerseyYami]

Greetings! Towing out of Philly!

Convoy!!!

 

[Speedling]

Anyone else going to try and go a day early and hang out?
Anyone live nearby for me to harass once I say hi to my Sister in law?