We made it to Miami! It started off chilly this morning from Hallendale Beach - we made it through "the bridge run" as I like to call it. We had 4 bridges to go through this morning and luckily they have them all timed so that we arrived at each with about 5 minutes to spare. Not a bad morning. It was kind of funny, we must have been like the first opening of the day for the bridge tender person at Hallendale Beach because he came on the radio after we requested an opening and then proceeded to say "good morning" to all of his other bridge tender opening people down the way from him. We thought he was a little "gruff" so to hear him saying "good morning and have a good day" to everyone just struck us as funny.
We went "outside" into the ocean to make the run from the Fort Lauderdale inlet to Government Cut in Miami. We had to do this because there was one bridge on our path that had a clearance of 56' and we are 58' - so we wouldn't have fit. We had the sails out for awhile, but the wind died down and we ended up motoring about halfway through the journey. Even though we had about a 4-5 hour journey today, Daniel still had a project that needed to be done - installing our new life lines.
We found another wonderful anchorage spot for the night. We are behind an island with a lot of protection from the wind. The wind is supposed to pick up later tonight and we are tucked away nice and safe. No worries here. Now the wait begins. We start watching the weather for the opportune time to cross the Gulf Stream over to Bimini, Bahamas. I've filled out our paperwork for the Bahamas, the fuel and water tanks are full - we're just waiting on the weather.
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| View as we turned to come in Government Cut, Miami, FL |
Hey -- how long do you expect the run to take to get to the Bahamas? Looks like you had a great trip so far. I have enjoyed reading the blogs and watching the plots on the map!! Stay safe!!
ReplyDeleteHey Jilly! Once we get a good weather day, it will only take us a day to get there. It's only about 65 miles (I think). The waves are too high right now and the wind is from the wrong direction so we sit here in Miami Beach and wait. It is looking like maybe Sunday we can go. If we do, we'll leave early in the morning so that we arrive in the Bahamas by mid-day. Thanks for keeping up with us!
Deletekeep an eye out for justin bieber in case he takes up water sports
ReplyDeleteWE SAW HIM and I gave him your business card...just in case he needed a good lawyer :-)
DeleteWe love all things American but you can keep "The Bieber" . Miami looks great, we missed going there last year. Ended up in the BVI,s instead. The intercoastal water way looks fantastic. Wish we had one over here. S&T
ReplyDeleteToo funny! We don't want him either. Sounds like you guys had a wonderful 4 week trip. Would you send me your blog? I would love to read about it. The intracoastal waterway is really neat - so much to see (really nice houses/boats to junk ones - something new around every corner). Next time make it to Miami area, really pretty too. We're going to check out the BVIs. Any advice for us? Take care!
DeleteHi sorry we don't have one but after following yours we should. We only had 14 days in the BVIs. We chartered a Barvia 39 out of Nanny Cay. The trip was never planned, long story how we got there. But we loved it, we just didnt want to leave. We leant lots of little tricks eg, watch for the man in the little boat that collects the moring fees each evening, but hey thats how they make a living so we didnt care. Plenty of spots to achore off. Steve just loved the history, he loved the Sir Frances Drake storys. Also watch the customs guys, they appeared to take great delight in stopping US boats coming out of USVI' we saw them ignore others only to zero in on US boats. Oh and yes, two "Pain Killers" at the "Soggy Dollar Bar" is never enough. We will share a few more when you get there
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice - we'll watch for the collection man ... mostly we'll anchor and leave the man alone. Great about the customs guys, since we have U.S. flag!! You definitely need to blog - we want to read about your Hunter. We're leaving for the Bahamas tomorrow - talk to you again soon, I hope. C&D
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