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@Bruce, I will be heading south tomorrow afternoon with my truck. The boat is currently in JAX, where I will pick her up on Friday. We should be splashing her at Harbour Towne sometime Saturday afternoon, just in time for the Sunday crossing... in case we change...
what truck do you pull it with?@Bruce, I will be heading south tomorrow afternoon with my truck. The boat is currently in JAX, where I will pick her up on Friday. We should be splashing her at Harbour Towne sometime Saturday afternoon, just in time for the Sunday crossing... in case we change...
@bronze_10 Unfortunately with an F-250 gasser. I really wanted the diesel, but the 2011 - 2012 (which was all that would fit in my budget) have serious turbo problems which I did not want. So I got the gasser. And the gasser does fine in south GA and FL, where the highest mountains are highway overpasses.
, I have to tow halfway across the country, and the gasser has to work it's tail off.
yes those ceramic bearings in the first few years of the 6.7 proved to be a terrible idea. I feel your pain..! I tell you what! just to help out your truck and fuel prices you can park your boat at my house and leave it for a while. The fact that my boat has a jacked up engine has absolutely nothing to do with it.... just like i have a f250 diesel that could pull it say... to the local lake and back doesnt factor into it at all either!!@bronze_10 Unfortunately with an F-250 gasser. I really wanted the diesel, but the 2011 - 2012 (which was all that would fit in my budget) have serious turbo problems which I did not want. So I got the gasser. And the gasser does fine in south GA and FL, where the highest mountains are highway overpasses.
Now that my employer was kind enough to move me 1,000 miles away from the nearest coast
I would but I see how you treat your engines.... LOLyes those ceramic bearings in the first few years of the 6.7 proved to be a terrible idea. I feel your pain..! I tell you what! just to help out your truck and fuel prices you can park your boat at my house and leave it for a while. The fact that my boat has a jacked up engine has absolutely nothing to do with it.... just like i have a f250 diesel that could pull it say... to the local lake and back doesnt factor into it at all either!!
It is not Monday’s two footers but the even bigger water forecast for Tuesday to Thursday in Bimini that bothers me.
2 footers aren't unbearable by any means but can easily grow to a 3 and a 3 for 2.5 hours would not be cool. Very much moreso since we would it be heading straight into the wind and waves and not having them in our tail.
We used up all the good weather I agree. That Monday forecast does suck with those winds it will be a bumpy crossing I really hope that stuff shifts for you guys. Everyone I talked to in Bimini in the June group that went out on Monday all had no regrets about moving the crossing up one day as it was a little rough around Bimini on Monday and the forecast wasn't really even that bad. I agree with @Bruce what really kind of stinks are the next two days that you are in Bimini if that forecast holds it will not make for ideal water conditions around Bimini to enjoy.
Robert, the forecast for Bimini is in the 2’ range from Monday to Thursday. Friday has not been forecast yet.
Nope not at all my good sir I do agree. Those conditions will make it rough to get around over there. Most people I talked to on Monday of the June trip when we had 2ft conditions around Bimini ventured out for a few minutes but most wound up coming back in or venturing over to North Bimini.
Y'all are making me sad
What is the refund policy from the Sands? Is it like before where they refund what we just paid and then the apply the deposit to a future stay?
I'm far from an expert, but what I noticed this past trip is that it takes a minute for the waves to grow. If the winds are light over night, and start to pick up as you all cross for example you should be fine. We left Bimini on the return and thought for sure the conditions would going to be a bit chopper due to a nice breeze at the marina, but to my surprise the conditions were excellent and sailflow was pretty much dead on. We had low winds the previous night. It's when they're sustained for hours at a time then the waves catch up. What we had in June is incredibly rare IMO and I don't expect to ever see those conditions again. I've never crossed the stream up to this point in sub 1 ft seas and you really shouldn't expect to see that. The typical stream to me has been a washing machine of 1 to maybe 3ft seas mixed in. Rough going much more pleasant coming back.