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Entering the Bahamas via Alice Town's harbor, Bimini. |
We love the sound of
silence, sailing smoothly along without running our engine. Besides, we’re cheap; we’d rather use
our Bahamas bucks on something other than diesel fuel, even if we sip more than
slug it as we motor along.
In that respect our sail –
or rather – motor -- from Boot Key Harbor Marathon Florida to Alice Town,
Bimini, Bahamas yesterday wasn’t ideal.
Other than “burning dinosaurs” (using diesel fuel from our motor) our
sail was pretty awesome given all the nasty Northerlies we ducked that would’ve
made the trip untenable. Instead,
it was warm, and relatively calm.
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Happy feet in Bimini, Bahamas. |
Morning delivered the
inevitable discovery of another Darwinian dropout passage visitor, a flying
fish on deck, well past rigor mortis.
The vivid purple-finned Portuguese man-o-war and a 4-foot nurse shark who
greeted us as we entered Bimini’s Blue Water Marina, were more compelling. Sorry, no photos; focus was required to
negotiate the tricky marina tie-off (watch for that in a future post) and I was too embarrassed at our boat's chrome rust stains in my the flying fish photo.
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Thanks, Gunnel! This one's from you! |
We arrived early enough to
enjoy the day, even after customs and immigration check-in, getting a Bahamas
phone sim chip, taking a much needed shower and mechanical wonderkind Wayne
fixing the head, unpickling and restarting our watermaker as even the marina
water is clean enough to redeploy it.
At 40/cents gallon, we’re happy to make our own gallon-an-hour
water.
We wandered nearly all North
Bimini’s coastline and watched the sun set in the West. A most excellent beginning for our
Bahamas adventures!
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Mom - you wanted my photo. Here 'tis on Bimini's beach. |
Cheers to you all, whatever
your adventure may be!
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We'll judiciously us charts, weather reports and cruiser's intel to avoid this fate. This was one of many wrecks we saw in Bimini, Bahamas. |
Note – New Blog Post Addition
Galley Wench Tales is not a daily
diary; it’s more a collection of stories, lessons and observations. Blog subject matter does not
necessarily reflect the most recent events. Given that, for the curious and the concerned, there will be
a closing note giving brief specifics on where we are. It will be an addendum in blue at the end of each blog post subtitled “Location,
Location.”
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Bimini Bahamas Alicetown harbor entrance seen from the beach. |
Location, Location
Jan 27th
2014. We just arrived in the
Bahamas! Left Marathon Florida (N24.42.315
W81.05.635) Sunday Jan. 26th at 12:30 am. Sailed 125 nm overnight
arriving the next day at 11:45 am at Alice Town North Bimini Bahamas, Blue
Water Marina (N25.43.456 W.79.17.887). Gorgeous day, sunny and 80s. Next stop: Bahamas Banks, followed by Frazier, Hog Cay, then Nassau.
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