Aloha Friday Does The Bahamas

0724-1503  24 March 2012  Florida Keys to South Bimini, Bahamas

After sitting in Marathon, FL for 3 weeks we finally got a weather window to cross to the Bahamas.  We anchored off Angelfish Creek along with 4 other sailboats who are Bahamas bound.  Take a look at this sunrise as we all got underway.

Sunrise in the Keys

The water in the Florida Straits is a gorgeous midnight blue!

Florida Straits - beautiful water

We had planned to go into Cat Cay, anchor and clear customs.  Turns out they are not open on Saturdays.  So we changed course to go into South Bimini where the customs folks are there for the small airport.

As we neared the entrance to Bimini Sands marina you could also see North Bimini and Alicetown.

Alicetown, North Bimini, Bahamas

Entrance - Bimini Sands marina

Look at the color of the water....spectacular!

The dockmaster met us with the paperwork to clear customs.  And, moored right next to us were friends of friends - Carol and Dan Rohr.   Small world.  In my sunrise photo, that's Dan & Carol's boat, M/Y Lucky Starts.  Dan & Ted took the 5 minute taxi ride to the airport to clear in with customs.

25 March 2012  Moored Bimini Sands Marina

We had hoped to get underway this morning and cross the Bahama Bank.  The weather was not in our favor.  We decided to take the ferry over to Alicetown and walk around a bit.   M/Y Sojourner, another Defever, was moored at the Blue Water marina.

Ferry to North Bimini - Carol, Dan & Nancy

Beach - North Bimini

 26 March 2012  Moored Bimini Sands Marina

So, once again the weather gods have ruled against us until possibly Thursday.

Here's a couple satellite views for a little more perspective on where we are in the Bahamas.


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