JetBoaters.net Bimini Fling June 19 to 25 2016

[ArmyChief]

Regarding the nagging wife/passenger, just give them a good life jacket and toss them overboard. One of the benefits of travelling in a group is that someone behind you will rescue them.[/USER]

Oh yea..that will work

 

[ArmyChief]

Nice job @MrMoose

 

[MrMoose]

Nice job @MrMoose

Thanks @ArmyChief
We'll really miss you this year.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Good stuff @MrMoose as we've always enjoyed your videos. That's quite a range in music selection

I'm curious as to how many hours did you put on your boat during the trip?

 

[veedubtek]

We were discussing that last night also. Pretty sure we logged about 22 hours on mine. Robert was thinking around the same on his skis

 

[MrMoose]

Good stuff @MrMoose as we've always enjoyed your videos. That's quite a range in music selection

I'm curious as to how many hours did you put on your boat during the trip?

I'd say that I put at least 20 hrs on the boat during the Bimini trip. Adding music to the videos is lots of fun, when I get a chance to do it. I had to buy the censored version of "I'm on a boat" to make the video more appropriate. Check out the original video by Lonely Island... It's entertaining.

 

[ArmyChief]

Thanks @ArmyChief
We'll really miss you this year.

Just getting back to work after my heart attack...let's shoot for 2017 !

 

[robert843]

I'd say that I put at least 20 hrs on the boat during the Bimini trip. Adding music to the videos is lots of fun, when I get a chance to do it. I had to buy the censored version of "I'm on a boat" to make the video more appropriate. Check out the original video by Lonely Island... It's entertaining.

@MrMoose I have not watched your video yet as I just got home from the lake house but its funny you mention that song I have been quietly contemplating making a jetboaters version of that music video while in the Bahamas this year if I can get a few other members to participate @Ramblin Wreck @andy07sx230ho @1948Isaac @JROD

 

[MrMoose]

@MrMoose I have not watched your video yet as I just got home from the lake house but its funny you mention that song I have been quietly contemplating making a jetboaters version of that music video while in the Bahamas this year if I can get a few other members to participate @Ramblin Wreck @andy07sx230ho @1948Isaac @JROD

Let's make the video at Honeymoon Harbour! It'll be priceless!

 

[MrMoose]

Just getting back to work after my heart attack...let's shoot for 2017 !

 

[JROD]

Getting excited... June is almost here.
I managed to distill last year's Bimini videos down to less than 12 minutes.

AWESOME video! Makes me want to go now!

 

[JROD]

Just getting back to work after my heart attack...let's shoot for 2017 !

@ArmyChief , brother, just glad you have recovered enough to go back to work. My long term girlfriend asked me to pass her regards and a full and speedy recovery!

 

[MrMoose]

AWESOME video! Makes me want to go now!

Thanks @JROD ... I can't wait.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Just getting back to work after my heart attack...let's shoot for 2017 !

Well, they'll be a lot less beer in Bimini this year

In all seriousness, I'm happy to hear you're doing better @ArmyChief . I bet you had Tammy worried to death.

 

[Bruce]

Speaking with Doug (@ArmyChief) he highly recommends that every boat going to Bimini have a fixed VHF radio with an antenna mounted as high as possible.

This is not something that I would state as a requirement but he is correct that in an emergency you would want to have the best and longest range communications possible.

 

[ArmyChief]

@ArmyChief , brother, just glad you have recovered enough to go back to work. My long term girlfriend asked me to pass her regards and a full and speedy recovery!

Thanks brother !

 

[ArmyChief]

Well, they'll be a lot less beer in Bimini this year

In all seriousness, I'm happy to hear you're doing better @ArmyChief . I bet you had Tammy worried to death.

Both Tammy & Brandon were first very shocked...then worried. As the doctor said, "I'm not the typical patient to have a heart attack".

 

[ArmyChief]

Speaking with Doug (@ArmyChief) he highly recommends that every boat going to Bimini have a fixed VHF radio with an antenna mounted as high as possible.

This is not something that I would state as a requirement but he is correct that in an emergency you would want to have the best and longest range communications possible.

Absolutely!!!. Commo is my field...plus, I saw the issues during last years trip with not only people with handhelds..but some even with fixed VHF with NO EXTERNAL SPEAKER.

First, the hand held just don't have the range. Everyone here should know stated ranges on the box are in PRIME conditions. Weather, cloud cover, humidity, flat surface line-of-sight (LOS). We had a few hand held users last year that lost complete contact with boats. Or they could here someone (that person had a fixed BHF), but the other person could not hear them.

Second, when your on plane with waves crashing...that fixed VHF you mounted down under the dash with its small built-in speaker will not be loud enough to hear/understand speech. I bought a remote AMPLIFIED marine speaker and mounted it to a powerful suction cup to mount on the side quarter glass right above my throttle/shifter assembly. Worked perfectly. My antenna mount is also posted here on the forum.

http://www.amazon.com/Woods-Rubber-Suction-Polycarbonate-Accessory/dp/B00BMDY30C?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

 

[Valerie]

Now I want pizza!!

 

[Bruce]

Now I want pizza!!

The pizza is awesome, especially the seafood pizza. We spent our last night in Bimini at Mackey's enjoying the pizza last year.



We started off with some appetizers.



Then the amazing pizza.



Perhaps a little too much rum punch but it is so hard to say goodbye to Bimini!



Gavin had some more when we got back to the condo. We had the rest for lunch in Fort Lauderdale.



Here is the menu