AquaFennatic Great Loop Blog: In the Bahamas! - Bimini to Nassau

Mar 13^th – It was a warm and sunny day. Last night Maria and I decided to walk into town to try some local food. We went to a restaurant that was recommended by Pastor Chris and had a Lobster dinner … It was Exxxcellent! We got up early this morning to run from Bimini to the Berry Islands however we ended up traveling 142 miles to Nassau since the winds were supposed to pick up over night and the southern Berry Island anchorages aren’t very well protected. Both Valentine and Relax Now were worried that they were going to run out of fuel on the way to Nassau thus we had to slow down to allow them to conserve fuel, however it was much rougher when traveling at the slow pace. Maria was running around securing things to ensure that nothing would get damaged while we were underway. We arrived in the nick of time since the sun was dropping as we dropped our anchor in Nassau harbour. Maria had the crock pot going while we were underway thus we had a great dinner once we settled in to our anchorage.

Mar 14^th – It was a hot windy sunny day. We were glad we made the run to Nassau yesterday since the winds picked up last night and carried through the day today. The slower group of boats that we have been traveling with arrived in Nassau today and they didn’t get any sleep last night since there were 3 foot rollers rocking them all night long in their Berry Island anchorage and they traveled today in 6-7 foot seas. We pulled up anchor this morning within the Nassau harbour, stopped for fuel and then pulled into a slip in Nassau Harbour Marina. We walked into town to a row of wooden seafood huts that sold fresh seafood dishes. Both Maria and I had cracked conch which tasted great while others had conch salads. The guy that cooked our meals definitely knew what he was doing and it was amazing to watch him prepare the conch. When we got back to the marina Maria decided to catch up on the laundry and I tried to get the wifi to work unsuccessfully. Tomorrow we will look at getting a BTC SIM card for our phone to see if we can get access to data while we’re in the Bahamas.

Mar 15^th – It was a warm windy and sunny day. Today I used lots of fresh water to wash the outside of the boat and rinse out our bilges. Maria cleaned the inside of the boat and then walked over to the Bahamas cell phone provider, BTC, to investigate data plans for the Bahamas and she came back loaded with information. Afterwards we walked back and subscribed to their 4GB data plan for a month which is less data than we’ve been using thus we’ll have to budget our data use while we’re in the Bahamas. We then dropped by a supermarket and the produce looked fresh, however the prices were terrible! I’m glad we bought our provisions before we crossed to the Bahamas. Maria and I plan to walk across to Starbucks to post the blog to conserve our data thus if you are reading the blog then I must have been successful at Starbucks ;) By the way the next jump that we plan to make will be to the Exumas which are approximately 40 miles south of here.