Monthly Archives: February 2017

Ok so much to tell about finally crossing the Gulf Stream from Bimini to Fort Lauderdale. Saturday February 25. Enjoyed a pretty leisurely crossing…. The wind even lightened so much that we ended up motor sailing for about 20 nautical … Continue reading →

Left Bimini @8:30, arrived Fort Lauderdale at 6:00pm.  Even had to motorsail in the middle. Dodged 6 cruise ships on the way in. Made it! Yay!

Saturday February 25:  It’s 8:30 and we’ve left our lovely anchorage at Nixon’s Harbour bound for Florida. We’ll see if it works this time! We spent the latter part of yesterday afternoon (Happy Birthday brother Ed!) watching turtles feeding and … Continue reading →

Sailed back to South Bimini around the south point and dropped anchor in Nixon’s Harbour just out from the biminisharklab.com. Along the way in Jim spotted a big lemon shark,  two dolphins (our first this trip!), a couple of sea … Continue reading →

Dang. Couldn’t make enough headway to Florida. Turned back to South Bimini. Wow! Jim just spotted a big lemon shark just off our beam! We all saw it. It  about 6′ long and just below the surface. Wild!

We left Bimini an hour ago.  Kind of lumpy but we are sailing. Heading for Port Everglades or Hillsborough inlet not sure which.  Tracker is on. If we decide we don’t like the lumps, we’ll head for an anchorage. It’s … Continue reading →

Winds and waves too much today. So staying another day. We’ll let you know when we decide to leave. Visited the Shark Research Lab earlier. There were two young UK scientists who gave us a lecture about the research at … Continue reading →

Staying at Bimini Sands Marina in South Bimini today and tonight while a system blows through. All is well.  Can only get internet near office so if we are slow to reply,  that’s why. Here we have access to two … Continue reading →