Bimini Basin – stevenjen

Planning on leaving Bimini Basin tomorrow. Will head to Picnic Island or Cabbage Key.

jen — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:40:29 +0000

Trying out a new beer. Drifter Pale Ale by Widmer Brothers.

jen — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:40:34 +0000

From May 26, 2009 Picnic Island to Bimini Basin – 6 miles

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:42:15 +0000

May 26, 2009. Dinghy has been stolen which forces us to return too Bimini Basin (Cape Coral, Fl) to start the search again. Having a 5.5′ draft makes it pretty difficult to pull in for supplies and to enjoy the islands we plan to visit. Motoring. Departed Picnic Island (Sanibel, Fl) ~11am. Engine cranked right up. No problems. Steven pulled the anchor. Best pull yet. Took less than 5 minutes to haul in the anchor/mooring ball and get the boat turned around towards the ICW. Winds ~6-8kts. Making 5.3kts with the wind blowing over starboard. Throttled down to 5kts due to engine blowing black smoke. Guess 5.3 in this wind is too much for our jumpy 27hp diesel. Bumped 5.9kts after turning NE. On a side note: Thanks, Joyful Spirit, for hogging the ICW and cutting us off. Anchored at Bimini Basin ~12:45pm. You can make great time when the wind decides to be helpful. A warm welcome from Tony aboard Miss Cindy.

It was a hot one today.

jen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:30:37 +0000

Babysitting Miss Cindy, Tony from Canada’s boat, until next Monday. Then off to Port Charlotte to haul out.

Loading up the Boater’s World loot in the dinghy.

jen — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:20:32 +0000

Steven and Tony are applying silicone to the deck holes and cracks. A temp fix but we can look a little less gypsy without so many tarps.

jen — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:20:46 +0000

Starboard lifelines are up. Now, I can properly attach myself to the boat. Minimizing man overboard opportunities.

jen — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:10:45 +0000

Installing lifelines

jen — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:00:46 +0000

First Collision! OMFG!!!! Wait, not really.

steve — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:23:34 +0000

I wrote a nice long post but my phone ate it so this’ll be short.
A fishing boat apparently broke loose in the little blow we had this evening and followed the wind and tidal current right into our area. Anchor chain to be specific. Nothing violent and no apparent damage. The weather is gone now so we’ll check things out further tomorrow.

Hailing USCG ch 16. Rainstorm. 18′ derelict boat side swiped us.

jen — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:10:30 +0000