CODA BAHAMAS BOUND 2025 (19)

CODA :  1 day countdown for Bimini, Bahamas.

28 January 2025

No Name Harbor, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne , Florida

Our friends thought we had left for The Bahamas a day early.

Marc- We did our last day of travel preparations.  The weather was perfect this morning and the harbor was nearly empty when we awoke.  In fact most of the boats had left together at 03:00 to be able to reach the Berry Islands in daylight (140 miles).  Getting across the reefs around here is not for the faint of heart but we do have decent navigational aides (thank you US Coast Guard).  Not so much in the Bahamas since eyeball navigation seems to be primary.  

We went over to the Crandon Park Marina at the Miami end of Key Biscayne to fill up on fuels, water and do a final pump out.  The marina staff could not have been nicer or more professional.  We spotted some helicopter rescue activity on Biscayne Bay.  Not sure what happened, but two people were lifted up to the helicopter before it sped off (could have been training).  No Name Harbor had a new crop of boats when we came back in.  We were able to find Coda a choice location.  We had one last walk in the afternoon to get the mail posted and to meet up with our friend George with some last minute incoming mail.  Thanks George very much for the bike delivery service!

The Crandon Park Marina office and store (resort style eh).

They have all of the essentials here and especially good service.

Passing Miami on our way back to No Name Harbor.

Rescue helicopter.

Rescue?

Back at No Name Harbor.

Tomorrow's destination.

Sue:  We did our final provisioning at Winn Dixie.  About half of the egg area was empty.  There was just one brand to choose from, one that we are not familiar with, and it came in all sizes and amounts.  We bought 6 dozen.  Hope they're good, not like the anemic looking Costco eggs we bought down here one year.  We have very little refrigeration space, so the amount of fresh meat that we could buy was extremely limited.  We'll be into the canned sardines, etc. in no time!  Same with the fruit...