FrankisCaptBobo
Frank
- Joined
- Jun 19, 2025
- Messages
- 19
- Reaction score
- 11
- Location
- Washington, NC
- C Dory Year
- 1999
- C Dory Model
- 22 Cruiser
- Vessel Name
- Isle C
Well it's been a busy spring! After coming back from 3 weeks in the Keyes and then the Hontoon Island get together, where I met a lot of nice people and had a great time, we dashed off to Italy for 3 weeks. After getting back in April, I hustled to get the boat preped for my month of May cruise of the Bahamas.
Well I'm now finishing up that cruise and I'm up in the Berry Islands. I will be heading back to Bimini on tomorrow and then West Palm Beach on Friday. Normally May and mid October and November are my favorite months in the Bahamas because conditions are calm and perfect for diving and spearfishing, but not this year! It was the windiest May that I have ever experienced! I had a 2 day window the 6th and 7th of this month then it's been blowing 20+ almost the whole time that I've been here and now they'll be a 2 to 3 day window this weekend with nothing else in the foreseeable future (I said that yesterday, but now it's looking like a calming trend is MAYBE here for a while?). So that kinda forced me to plan to come back to the US lest my cruising permit expires waiting on a future window. Other than the wind and very little diving and spearfishing, I have no complaints I'll be back sometime near the end of October...
I did have my low pressure fuel pump go out on me, but fortunately I discovered that while I was in Nassau and got Deb to DHL one down to me. Hondas are SO not represented in the Bahamas that the couple "dealers“ here have no inventory, nor parts. They will not expidite and will only order from Japan. If you have a Yamaha or #2, Mercury your covered. Anyhow, while waiting for the part I ate a lot of my favorite fresh seafood at Potters Cay under the bridge bringing traffic back from Paradise Island. Oh, and of course the mango daiquiris at the Poop Deck are not to be missed! I also explored some of the parts of New Providence Island that I haven't seen before because I usually try not to stay for more than one or two days.
Tomorrow, on my way back to Bimini, I'm going to stop and dive on a wreck west of Great Harbour Cay and see if I can get maybe a Nassau or Hogfish for dinner. Life's good and the blood pressure is down, so while not my ideal trip this time, anytime I'm here is always an adventure and highly enjoyable!
Well I'm now finishing up that cruise and I'm up in the Berry Islands. I will be heading back to Bimini on tomorrow and then West Palm Beach on Friday. Normally May and mid October and November are my favorite months in the Bahamas because conditions are calm and perfect for diving and spearfishing, but not this year! It was the windiest May that I have ever experienced! I had a 2 day window the 6th and 7th of this month then it's been blowing 20+ almost the whole time that I've been here and now they'll be a 2 to 3 day window this weekend with nothing else in the foreseeable future (I said that yesterday, but now it's looking like a calming trend is MAYBE here for a while?). So that kinda forced me to plan to come back to the US lest my cruising permit expires waiting on a future window. Other than the wind and very little diving and spearfishing, I have no complaints I'll be back sometime near the end of October...
I did have my low pressure fuel pump go out on me, but fortunately I discovered that while I was in Nassau and got Deb to DHL one down to me. Hondas are SO not represented in the Bahamas that the couple "dealers“ here have no inventory, nor parts. They will not expidite and will only order from Japan. If you have a Yamaha or #2, Mercury your covered. Anyhow, while waiting for the part I ate a lot of my favorite fresh seafood at Potters Cay under the bridge bringing traffic back from Paradise Island. Oh, and of course the mango daiquiris at the Poop Deck are not to be missed! I also explored some of the parts of New Providence Island that I haven't seen before because I usually try not to stay for more than one or two days.
Tomorrow, on my way back to Bimini, I'm going to stop and dive on a wreck west of Great Harbour Cay and see if I can get maybe a Nassau or Hogfish for dinner. Life's good and the blood pressure is down, so while not my ideal trip this time, anytime I'm here is always an adventure and highly enjoyable!
