That's the problem. You might get there and not get back. Wing against the stream makes ugly fast. My brother has taken his 29 Aquasport from Pompano to the Bahamas for overnighters many times and there have been a few white knuckle returns.

Theyv'e made daytrips in 24 CCs in good weather. You need a boat with some weight that can run 40+ mph.

Its kind of like here in NJ running my V20 60 miles to Chicken Canyon...you gotta know 99.9% positive that the afternoon wind will not kickup.

If I had my V in Pompano I wouldn't run it to Bahamas. There is so much great fishing 3 to 15 miles from the inlet. And if you want you to change it up, you can trailer down to the Keys.

I'm with Skunk. I would do it in a heartbeat without a second thought if I didn't mind staying until weather permitted a safe return. That equates to being retired and rich. Neither of which I am.....and if I were the latter I wouldn't be in a 20ft boat I'd be in a Freeman cat running 60 mph so in the end it is a moot point. :fam:

Not in these sized boats

It is possible to do. That's a given. It is also not really practical to do. That is also a given. :head:

My Dad's cousin had a friend who did it in a 15 ft Whaler.

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A better/safer in the v20 run than Bimini from Florida might be the suggestion to trailer to key west and do some stuff from there. If I had my v20 in California the run from Huntington Beach out to Catalina is not bad at all...what, maybe 25 miles and you can plan around weather for that pretty easily. Anything longer than that and you could end up with weather preventing a safe return trip in a lot of places where wind and currents kick up a real mess. As a lifelong sailor I've been on 35 and 40' boats where the seas were rough and coming over the bow and don't want to see that in a v20.

Another place I'd think about if I were there was Louisiana out of Venice, La or other places. You could run the passes down to the gulf and go redfishing or go out and around the oil towers, etc. and know the weather well enough to pick your spot. The passes are easy running, just watch out for the ocean ships!

We are going to west end bahamas in july if you want to tag along. Gonna bring the v20 and a 27 regulator

Sweet!

Kracker Jack,
If you can get some photos and video of the trip. Sounds like a fun time!

We just started planning a month ago. A buddy of ours may back out so i might leave my v20 at home and jump on the regulator. Its on my bucket list. Gonna be a good time