islandhopper00
Active Member
Hello all, just back from my trip to the islands. Bimini to be exact. All went well, great planning is no substitute. The boat performed great. We crossed with a following sea! First time I've done/seen that. Usual is a head sea but the weather was sporadic at best. The seas were less than two feet and easy to run, took us two hours to cross from Miami to Bimini. To try to describe the water color is futile, one must see it for themselves. The weather was confused which is why we did not run to Grand Bahamas or the Abacos this year. In fact the trip was cut short because a tropical storm was brewing and we felt the best decision was an early return. The run back accross the gulf steam was a bit more nasty with the normal following sea running about 3-5ft and very choppy. The seas were confused with the swell running NW and the chop running N. made for an interesting run. Still made the run from Bimini to Lake Worth Inlet in 3 1/2 hours. That's 84 miles.
So the propellers I had Murphy's customize for me worked great. I think the standard props would have worked but I'll run with my custom props eveytime. Seems like the motor didn't have to work near as hard and gave me plenty of power in reserve. When I ran the inlet at Lake Worth they came in handy because of a big following sea made the inlet challenging but with the extra power it was a none issue.
So, we stayed at Blue Water marina and it's hard to beat $40.00 a night with electricity, plus they had a fresh water pool. Big Game Club is nice if I return I'll probably stay there. Bimini Bay down the channel is the new latest and greatest place but I'm sure one will have to pay well for it. The dive sites around Bimini seem nice but I think I'm spoiled by the Abacos. We did the concrete ship and Turtle Rocks, and Nine mile reef (the doughnut hole). The Bimini Tourist assoc. hosted a nice party for us visiting US guests for the fourth of July. Free drinks and snacks, and all tasted great, espically the ice cream. At the marina the offshore fishing bunch kept us all feed well with dolphin, yellow tail snapper, grouper, and venison. Yes deer! You never know what will come out of some of the fridges.
I did see two other 240 DA's there, so I'm not the only one. I'll work on some of the pictures I took, I'm just not very good at sizing them down. Thanks to all who helped me with knowledge for my prep. It made for a no event trip which I say is wonderful.
So the propellers I had Murphy's customize for me worked great. I think the standard props would have worked but I'll run with my custom props eveytime. Seems like the motor didn't have to work near as hard and gave me plenty of power in reserve. When I ran the inlet at Lake Worth they came in handy because of a big following sea made the inlet challenging but with the extra power it was a none issue.
So, we stayed at Blue Water marina and it's hard to beat $40.00 a night with electricity, plus they had a fresh water pool. Big Game Club is nice if I return I'll probably stay there. Bimini Bay down the channel is the new latest and greatest place but I'm sure one will have to pay well for it. The dive sites around Bimini seem nice but I think I'm spoiled by the Abacos. We did the concrete ship and Turtle Rocks, and Nine mile reef (the doughnut hole). The Bimini Tourist assoc. hosted a nice party for us visiting US guests for the fourth of July. Free drinks and snacks, and all tasted great, espically the ice cream. At the marina the offshore fishing bunch kept us all feed well with dolphin, yellow tail snapper, grouper, and venison. Yes deer! You never know what will come out of some of the fridges.
I did see two other 240 DA's there, so I'm not the only one. I'll work on some of the pictures I took, I'm just not very good at sizing them down. Thanks to all who helped me with knowledge for my prep. It made for a no event trip which I say is wonderful.
