Bahamas Sailing

The month of December 2019 was very stormy, we had 40+knots wind, 4-5m waves.

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We embarked in early December 2019  on a new, beautiful and modern Lagoon catamaran.

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Some political things about the Bahamas that I knew very little about.

 

The Bahamas became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1973, retaining the British monarch, then and currently Queen Elizabeth II, as its head of state. In terms of gross domestic product per capita, The Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the Americas (following the United States and Canada), with an economy based on tourism and finance.

 

Today, Afro-Bahamians make up nearly 90% of the population.

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We passed at 3-5 miles from the shore Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach and arrived around midnight at Miami.

We did set a huge and brand new gennaker sail.

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We crossed the channel between the US and Bahamas starting about 1 AM from the South direction from West Palm Beach to Miami to the East toward Bimini.

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Bimini is the westernmost district of the Bahamas and comprises a chain of islands located about 80 kilometers (50 mi) due east of Miami. Bimini is the closest point in the Bahamas to the mainland United States and approximately 210 km (130 mi) west-northwest of Nassau. 

 

Alice Town, on Bimini Island, was quite a run-down village but had many official offices, tourism, boating, boat registration, visa, etc. We paid for anchoring at marina 28dollars for max 6 hours, until we did the papers. Under the peer, we saw huge fishes, more than 1.5m long. Outside was hot, we wanted to jump in the water. After asking for some local advice we realized that no bathing was permitted because of sharks.

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The main marina and associated resort was Big Game Fishing, and was supposed to be used to organise professional fishing trips where the water dropped from sea level to 4000ft. Some even think that that road was one Atlantida.

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We had quite bad weather with gusty winds for days, big waves (up to 5m). This bad weather was good to think about yourself to make a retrospective of past time. It did not bother me too much. It was a way to accept that nature is stronger than us and we have to obey and cooperate. Everything was in slow motion. We learned to live in slower-motion than our normal way.

 

For sure we missed many nice places around here, but I was happy with what I saw and the experience I've made.

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Being disconnected from the world for a few days in raw was also a beneficial experience.

 

I wrote this travel log with a lot of joy and passion. It filled me "do nothing" time with great activity.

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We were for about one month in this area.

 

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