Author Archives: Carleen&Jim

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 →

Above is the view of the docks from the verandah at the Big Game Club restaurant.

One long day to North Bimini from Chub Cay yesterday. Our longest passage with this boat… 88 nautical miles. Left at 6:15. 15-20 knots of NE wind out on the Bahamas Bank, waves not too bad but often a bit … Continue reading →

Sailed 6 nautical miles from Bird Cay into Chub Cay around noon today. It was a bit wavey but One Love did well.  The poor Berry Islands look like they were pummeled by Hurricane Matthew with palms ripped off halfway … Continue reading →