Wow, what a sail we had from Marathon to Bimini. The wind was good from the south east and once we got into the Gulf Stream, we flew up the coast of Florida. We were expecting to take about 20 hours but we arrived at Bimini less then 18 hours later – unfortunately it was at 2 in the morning. Coming into any port at night is difficult and the entrance to the Bimini Harbour is crazy so we decided to anchor about 2 knots south of the entrance. I’m glad we were only there for 3 hours – the wind picked up a lot and it became super bouncy.
We headed into the harbour at first light and man it was a crazy ride. Wind was up to 25 – 30 knots and we rocked and rolled over some large waves. One rocked us so hard that our dishes came flying out of the cupboard (I forgot to close the sliding door) and I had quite a nasty mess to clean up. It was so nice to reach the calmer waters of the harbour and to get on the dock at Brown’s Marina.
We’ve now cleared in and have wifi working. We had our first rain storm since we returned south and it was big one – lots of thunder at one point. Well at least the boat got all the salt washed off! Mark is working on getting the Bahamian SIM card working so we can use the phone.
Next plan: we’ll stay here at Browns for Monday and then head to Honeymoon Harbour on Tuesday. Winds look good to cross over to Chubb Cay on Thursday and we’ll stay there for Friday and check the weather again. We’re making our way down to George Town to meet up with Caroline (who arrives somewhere around Feb. 19). Now it’s time for bubbly and some dinner 😊😊
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 