01-13-08 position 25 32.00'N: 78 10.00
Well the crossing was a very nice one!! And for the first time we crossed with a gaggle of boats. One boat "Dream Catcher" took on the responsibility of taking hourly roll calls and at last count there were 26 boats within site of each other. It truly was like being in a wagon train!
The conditions were close to NOAA and Chris Parker, the winds were still a bit more southeasterly than predicted, and were 10-15 rather 5-10. This was a good thing for us. The seas were from the south and about 3-5 and a short interval. But all in all it was a nice sail. We made it the 52miles in nine hours, anchorage to marina. The only bad thing was no fish today, even though we tried?.
"Xanadu" and us got a slip at "Bimini Sands" marina and resort. A nice calm lagoon and they arranged for a bus to pick us up and take us to the airport to clear customs. All went well and we are now currently street legal.
Today we leave Jim and Dorrel, "Xanadu", at Bimini as they want to visit and hang out there for a day or two. We head across the bank, destination NW Channel. The conditions are beautiful!)-15 knots of wind from the south east, with a two feet swell form the same. We sail all the way across, averaging 6.3-6.8 and not a sound of anything mechanical!!!!!!!!!!
. But not wanting to sail into Chubb Cay after dark, we anchor just north of the entry to NW channel. And will continue on to Nassau tomorrow.