Anyone ever make a run to Bimini?

[bradford]

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

[Lance Pearson]

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!

[Kracker Jack]

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

[bradford]

Originally Posted by Kracker Jack

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

Sweet!

[inaforty]

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

[Kracker Jack]

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

[Troutkiller2006]

Originally Posted by Kracker Jack

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

are yall for real? this is a trip ive dreamed about for years. almost did it last year in my 24' chapparall but my buddy boat fell through and i wasnt gonna make the run without one. not with my 10 year old on board. i have seen many videos and threads of people making the run from stuart in bay boats that may have been a foot or two longer but not near as sea worthy as a v, imho.

ive been 50 plus miles out in my v and other comparable boats. but thats ms/la area and a whole nother animal. but trips to chandeleur and other parts of the marsh as well as running the deepwater rigs for red snapper are commonplace in smaller boats around here

but if you guys are serious and wouldnt mind i would love to consider making a buddy boat crossing this summer. just much safer that way in my opinion. this summers plan is already to pull hte dually to the keys and have some fun with my boy and a crossing would be the icing on the cake for us. biggest reason for wanting to do it this way is that im poor. airfare, charter boats... who can afford all that? to throw our dive gear and fishing gear in the boat and pull it down there is about the only way for me. more adventurous and probably more fun.

let me know

[bgreene]

I read book about 2 guys who rowed across the Atlantic from NYC about 100 years ago ........so anything's possible.

George Harbo and ......Samuelson if I have the names correct.

[bradford]

Turns out I have a buddy who did it once several years ago in a flats/bay boat when he got pissed off at his old lady's *****ing. Just took off and noticed how smooth the ocean was and set the chart plotter. I know, crazy.

[spareparts]

I know two guys that did it on Jet Skis. They planed it out to explore the Northern Islands where its very shallow. They said they went to areas that there were no other boats for miles due to the shallow depths