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July 02, 2005
N25.4 W79.1 North Bimini, Great Bahama Bank
Day 2 of our journey across the Great Bahama Bank. This one was a bit of a teeth-grinding, nail-biting experience. With extra careful planning (?!), we passed through the shallowest part of the bank at low tide. Well done! Of course, the charts warn about shifting sandbars, sand ridges that change with weather and tides, etc. The water got so shallow, much shallower than the charts suggested, we thought we were in the twilight zone. We had chosen to anchor on the bank side of North Cat Cay, and pass through the narrow cut the next morning for Florida. Having been spooked by the shallower than shallow water, we changed plans and headed north to North Bimini. This plan would give up the advance on the Gulf Stream, but would give us safer passage off the bank in the morning.
We anchored in absolutely pristine turquoise water on a sand shelf, and tucked in for the night. Dave baked banana bread with the blackening bananas that were starting to attract flies. He then proceeded to fall sound asleep at 6pm. He awoke at 10pm with a cough and sore throat. Blast!
Posted by dave at July 2, 2005 07:40 AM