If you’ve been reading along, we arrived at Bimini on Saturday morning after about a 9.5 hour crossing. We motored the whole way averaged roughly 4.7 knots over 50 nautical miles. Coming into the cut between North Bimini and South Bimini islands we briefly ran aground. Our
We are on the move! We moved to an anchorage just outside No Name Harbor on Friday afternoon. We ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and are getting to bed early so we can get out of here around 12:00 AM. We’re anchored with about 6 other boats
While we’re waiting for weather we’ve been keeping busy around Coconut Grove. CocoWalk is within walking distance from the marina, so we’ve been there several times for food, drinks and a movie ( The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ). On New Years Eve we went to see the
We made the loooong trip to Tallahassee this weekend. Some highlights from our last trip of the year…
We are all ready to go… but it is bad luck to leave on Friday. We moved onto the boat yesterday and got all settled in. Braden and I spent today organizing, cleaning and one last trip home to check on things. Ethel spent the day doing what she does
This was the start of our provisioning… a trip to CostCo. In the last two weeks we’ve fully stocked the boat… with a lot of shopping. * 2 trips to Ft. Lauderdale * 1 trip to Sailorman * 1 trip to Boat Owners Warehouse * 5 trips to West Marine * 1 trip to
We’re all packed and our clothes are loaded on the boat. In case you’re wondering what 2 months of clothes look like… Braden Erin
Solar panels are mounted… radio is installed. We have a few more things to take care of, and then we are on our way.
Our new depthfinder is installed and ready for the trip!
Testing new motor
Testing new motor
Looks like we’re going to finally have a weather window for crossing late Friday afternoon through Saturday! We plan to leave Miami some time between 12:00 AM and 4:00 AM on Saturday and cut across to Bimini. Its about 48 nautical miles, which could take us anywhere
