We're in Coconut Grove (Miami) staging to
head across to the
Bahamas -- we have a 37' Chris Craft Apache (sailboat.....no really....) and draw 5'9"
Our plan is to move across to just outside of No Name Harbor tomorrow afternoon and leave around 4am on Thursday and
head for North Rock, make as far across the banks as we can reasonably -- then
anchor for the night and continue on to Chub to clear in.
Thurs am is
forecast to be 8-12 out of the East South East -- 12-17 South East on Friday -- so basically two days of motoring into the
wind...
would we be better off heading to
Bimini and clearing in there and waiting for a south or north
wind to go across the banks? The plan is to get to the
Exumas so I'd like to make as much easting as possible now.
I've heard a lot of conflicting reports on
Bimini -- good place to clear in, bad place to clear in, relatively well marked entrance, not so easy entrance, etc.
Thanks!
Forecasts:
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