For two reasons we did not proceed all the way from the Exumas to Miami as outlined in the previous post, but rather terminated our planned final leg in Bimini. We are currently docked at Weech's Dock in North Bimini.
The reasons are inter-related. There is a significant chance of a early season tropical storm (it would be 'Bill') forming near South Florida or in the Bahamas later this week. Our weather router advised vessels to seek a secure anchorage by no later than Tuesday. While we easily could have reached Miami before then, we were unable to secure a mooring at our preferred Coconut Grove Sailing Club. This would have probably forced us to stay at the not-that-well-protected Dinner Key Moorings - something we were not excited about.
We will probably stay here until the weekend when the storm track will be clearer and hopefully past us.
On a positive note, our first three legs went well:
- Black Point to Highbourne was a great sail/motor-sail
- Highbourne to West Bay was a motor-sail with light following wind
- West Bay to the NW Channel was a great motor sail and we proceeded motoring through the night across the Bank and to a morning arrival here in Bimini.
We have not been to Bimini in a while and are looking forward to our short stay here, after we rest up a bit from covering over 200 miles in the last 3 1/2 days.
Tom
Docked Weech's Bimini Dock
Alice Town
North Bimini
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