JetBoaters.net Bimini Fling June 19 to 25 2016

[latitudeadjuster]

I gotta brag..... did anyone else besides @Bruce see my son back the trailer down the ramp to load? he backed it down like a champ! He's been helping me load and launch jet boats for the last 10 years since he was 7. I wasn't sure how he was going to do it under pressure of everybody being there but he did it.

 

[Majorsmackdown]

For those complaining about your drive home.... I'm half way.

Glad nobody got hurt @swatski

 

[Majorsmackdown]

I gotta brag..... did anyone else besides @Bruce see my son back the trailer down the ramp to load? he backed it down like a champ! He's been helping me load and launch jet boats for the last 10 years since he was 7. I wasn't sure how he was going to do it under pressure of everybody being there but he did it.

Very handy to have a second skilled trailer operator. Nice !

 

[MrMoose]

He did, About ten 12 packs worth. On North Bimini it was $30 per 12 pack for Coors lite...

At the poolside, it looked like he wanted to shove the Coors Light somewhere as he was reminiscing about the crossing. I hope he wasn't lookin' at me.

 

[latitudeadjuster]

Very handy to have a second skilled trailer operator. Nice !

We won't talk about how my wife almost mounted our boat on one of the three sisters...like for real....omg. right @MrMoose ...the stories

 

[latitudeadjuster]

Ok so I have seen a bunch of pics but where is the group photo from honeymoon harbor of everyone from the potluck someone did get one correct? Here is last years.

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We can't show ours....most were neked from rum!!

 

[robert843]

We can't show ours....most were neked from rum!!

I think there is an R rated section on this forum somewhere I have never seen it but heard it exsisted @Bruce ?

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Jim was having problems with a new lanyard, boat kept cutting off and his group kept going. We were pleasantly surprised to see him here when we got back as they had food. Lol. We were starving.

We made it 13 miles out or so. I started seeing the rack on the back of Karies ski coming loose, so I flagged Dirk down thinking we'd just take the rack off and put it on his boat. Then I noticed mine also failing. That, plus the water was pretty rough, I was taking lots of waves to the face, and just had a bad feeling so we came back.

As soon as we entered the inlet, the Ride system on Karies ski failed. 3mph limp mode all the way back to the marina. Everything happens for a reason. We ignored a bunch of signs, glad we finally turned around. I don't think anyone would've wanted to tow her ski the rest of the way and back.

I hated to read this @veedubtek. If you don't mind, let us know what you find out about the Ride system as I'm interesting in hearing what failed.

 

[MrMoose]

We won't talk about how my wife almost mounted our boat on one of the three sisters...like for real....omg. right @MrMoose ...the stories

So, you tried to mount one of the three sisters... What happens in Bimini stays in Bimini.

 

[Bruce]

I think there is an R rated section on this forum somewhere I have never seen it but heard it exsisted @Bruce ?

Do you really want to see Jack naked?

 

[ThatJeepGuy]

Jim was having problems with a new lanyard, boat kept cutting off and his group kept going. We were pleasantly surprised to see him here when we got back as they had food. Lol. We were starving.

I think some of us would like to know more about this lanyard problem....

We'd also like to know why this issue wasn't told over the multiple attempts to contact Jim over the radio.
We'd like to know why H was having so much trouble keeping his vessel going straigh in the no wake zone while in route to the turning basin. Or how he almost bumped into another jetboaters while idling in the bay waiting to exit the port. My crew would like to know why the captain nearly fell off the stern of his boat while waiting to exit Port Everglades. We'd also like to know after the 3rd attempt for H to plane off he headed dead south along the coast for around a mile before finally answering his VHF radio.

Nobody wanted to leave this vessel behind. Clearly there was a danger to him, his crew, and the rest of Mr. Moose's group if H attempted to continue on. Without knowing your boat and having a useable radio we'd all be in danger. It may seem as I'm throwing stones but there has to be more to this story than what is being told.

Edit @Jim Hernandez

 

[Shannon]

Alright ladies and gents are you watching Shark Week on Discovery? On right now is Shallow Water Discovery and they are in Bimini tracking large Hammerheads. They are showing the Bimini area in the back ground.. CRAZY!

 

[veedubtek]

I hated to read this @veedubtek. If you don't mind, let us know what you find out about the Ride system as I'm interesting in hearing what failed.

Looks like a loose strap from the rack, and a ton of seagrass just got tied up in the gate. Pulled it out of the water and cleared everything out, and all operation resumed normally. I'm assuming all is well now, but we haven't had it back on the water yet. If anything changes, I'll let ya know @Ramblin Wreck !

 

[Bruce]

Alright ladies and gents are you watching Shark Week on Discovery? On right now is Shallow Water Discovery and they are in Bimini tracking large Hammerheads. They are showing the Bimini area in the back ground.. CRAZY!

We are watching shark week. Most of what we see in Bimini are nurse or lemon sharks but occasionally we see larger sharks. The hammerheads are not considered to be a threat. The bull and tiger sharks are a little more concerning. But there are very few shark attacks in Bimini, perhaps one per decade.

 

[latitudeadjuster]

I gotta say a great thanks to @tim h for bringing my son out fishing a couple times....my son is all about fishing and this really made the best of his graduation present fulfilled!!

 

[latitudeadjuster]

We are watching shark week. Most of what we see in Bimini are nurse or lemon sharks but occasionally we see larger sharks. The hammerheads are not considered to be a threat. The bull and tiger sharks are a little more concerning. But there are very few shark attacks in Bimini, perhaps one per decade.

I'm lucky enuff to be that once in a decade....just sayin

 

[Bruce]

We are watching "Sharks Among Us". How many of you recognize the shark cages at Big Game Club? Some of our kids were standing right over them on Monday.

 

[latitudeadjuster]

Do you really want to see Jack naked?

I like to move it move it

 

[MrMoose]

I think some of us would like to know more about this lanyard problem....

We'd also like to know why this issue wasn't told over the multiple attempts to contact Jim over the radio.
We'd like to know why H was having so much trouble keeping his vessel going straigh in the no wake zone while in route to the turning basin. Or how he almost bumped into another jetboaters while idling in the bay waiting to exit the port. My crew would like to know why the captain nearly fell off the stern of his boat while waiting to exit Port Everglades. We'd also like to know after the 3rd attempt for H to plane off he headed dead south along the coast for around a mile before finally answering his VHF radio.

Nobody wanted to leave this vessel behind. Clearly there was a danger to him, his crew, and the rest of Mr. Moose's group if H attempted to continue on. Without knowing your boat and having a useable radio we'd all be in danger. It may seem as I'm throwing stones but there has to be more to this story than what is being told.

Thanks for speaking up @ThatJeepGuy
It's hard to say whether the whole story will ever be told. From my perspective, when H caught up to us the first time, I could see that his radio was not transmitting when he was talking into it. My concern was that it was malfunctioning or that it was not being operated correctly. Nothing was said about an engine problem. The two problems that were communicated via radio were firstly that the bimini top broke, and secondly that weeds clogged up the impellers. Radio communication was not used to advise our group that he had stopped. Eventually, after receiving multiple radio communications from H's wife, saying that they were coming, I was convinced that their ability to communicate via VHF was no longer an issue; it was at that point that I felt comfortable advising them to return to port and it was also at that point that we moved on. The time lost at the start of our crossing put us out of radio communication with the other groups, caused our weather window to shrink, and gave us rougher seas to cross in. In the end, we safely made it to Bimini, and H safely made it back to port, which isn't such a bad ending.

 

[latitudeadjuster]

I boated on Anna today.
Called it a fresh water rinse (fun) run.

Welcome home a expect to see you around the Lake this Summer.

You shoulda came by...I could have got on lake here..we were home


We need to have a jet boaters day. I offered one last year....we had fun with a few.