Tough crossing is difficult to get a nice weather window in the winter for the crossing but your little ship did well. Looking forward to your adventures in the Bahamas.
Bummer but nice to see the RT power through it, proving they can handle the foul stuff! I'm looking at a 27' RTOB used and this was encouraging to see, we'd be taking it to the channel islands off the coast of Ventura, CA......I know they like to roll a bit with narrow beam, but they sure are great looking boats with lots of amenities! Thanks for sharing the video and glad you're both on the mend, cheers!
I am looking at doing America's great loop in a year or two and have a question regarding your black water tanks. What is a capacity for them and how long can two people get by before needing a pump out? I have seen some smaller boats that look like a good fit but am concerned about making sure the mechanicals are sufficient.
Hi John, you should be able to get five days without a pump out. If you are doing the loop, I’m sure there’s lots of places to get pumped up here in the Bahamas. We have to go offshore and then we just pump out.
@@michaelaronsohn3624 thank you Michael. We try to keep it as honest and real as possible.We both feel the destination is with it though. Thank you for your kind words.
Crossing over to the Berry islands from Bimini is a lot easier on the Bahama Bank...of course it will depend on winds. We've gone that way several times on our way to the Abacos. Water is around 12 to 15 feet deep most all the way to Great Harbour. Of course my comments come too late. Enjoy the Bahamas.
This is the only problem with the rangers vs trawler yeah you can trailer but no ac on a miserable and rough crossing. Can you add a genset to those and a watermaker?
How often do you flush your engine during your multiple months of exploring the Bahamas? Can you flush your engine at anchor from your boats fresh water supply?
We only flush our engine five or six times during the entire winter. We just don’t have access to that much freshwater. I know it’s not ideal, but these are the kind of things you have to accept when living at C for a long time in remote areas. We do know people that do not flush their engines and they get six years out of it. Not easy to accept, but when we are up north on Georgian Bay it’s continually in freshwater and possibly flushes all the salt out at that time we will be changing our thermostats in the engine, the spring coming up
@@expeditionseanest they get eaten, as soon as they're ripe. I only get them from my trees or a neighbor gives me one. If someone gave you one then it is a gift. I don't think they have a long shelf life.
@@expeditionseanestthanks , enjoy your videos. We will be doing North Channel summer 25 and will be going down to SW side of Florida over to Marathon and maybe up to Cape Cod in our R29CB this spring. If you get a chance look at spending some time and trailer over to Munising and Lake Superior south side and experience Pictured Rocks, our home port.
We considered that, but we were taking spray over the bowel and we did not want salt water in our beds. Also, the Jerry cans will not fit through the hatches.
If you want to keep the fuel cans on the bow for weight distribution build a frame that attached to handrail with either tubing or fiberglass rails that allows you to use multiple straps to hold them. Might be worth the investment of a couple more fans for air movement.
Not to be the master of the obvious here, but unless you are tied to a 2 week vacation, it would have been better to wait. At least find weather going with you, so that you aren't pounding into it like that. We are in Bimini now. Where are you?
Only once have we buddy boated. It was from the Berry Islands to new Providence. They had a much bigger boat than ours and wanted to leave in not perfect conditions because they had to meet someone at the airport in Nassau. We shouldn’t have gone. For now on we just go by ourselves. We can pick the weather we like and take our time. It is definitely safer to go with a buddy boat, but we have done it so many times now that we feel safe.
Actually, during the winter months and this is our second winter in the Bahamas. We have been through the entire chain of Exuma Islands, the entire chain of Berry Islands and we have been thru the entire length of Eleuthera’s. We have only seen one boat that was a bit smaller than ours and it was only there for three days and it was back to Florida. in Bimini we have been there 4 times and saw no boats that were our size. Everything is in the 30 foot range or bigger. now if you wanna talk about the summertime when you have weeks of calm conditions, you can see seadoo’s, bow riders and ever type of small boat.
Great job!
@@scottanderson7654 thanks Scott! Kind of you to take
The time to leave such a nice comment.
Tough crossing is difficult to get a nice weather window in the winter for the crossing but your little ship did well. Looking forward to your adventures in the Bahamas.
Thank you Jake . Stay tuned for more .
Yes Mamey is the best milk shaker you can drink give it a try 👍
Bummer but nice to see the RT power through it, proving they can handle the foul stuff! I'm looking at a 27' RTOB used and this was encouraging to see, we'd be taking it to the channel islands off the coast of Ventura, CA......I know they like to roll a bit with narrow beam, but they sure are great looking boats with lots of amenities! Thanks for sharing the video and glad you're both on the mend, cheers!
Thanks and good luck with your boat hunting.
Ok you answered the question as soon as I asked
Glad that you made it across safely. Core exercising/stretching could be something very good for you if you don’t do those now.
Thanks for the tips!
Mamey Sapote, related to the Sapodilla
The most expensive fruit in Spanish supermarkets! Mamey 👍😂😊
Interesting! Thanks for the comment .
Mamey sapote. I live in Costa Rica and that fruit is common, down here. Delicious!
Thank you, we enjoyed the fruit
What speed do you cruise at?
I am looking at doing America's great loop in a year or two and have a question regarding your black water tanks. What is a capacity for them and how long can two people get by before needing a pump out? I have seen some smaller boats that look like a good fit but am concerned about making sure the mechanicals are sufficient.
Hi John, you should be able to get five days without a pump out. If you are doing the loop, I’m sure there’s lots of places to get pumped up here in the Bahamas. We have to go offshore and then we just pump out.
I'm sorry you had such a difficult passage, it looked really uncomfortable. Chronic pain doesn't help any.
@@michaelaronsohn3624 thank you Michael. We try to keep it as honest and real as possible.We both feel the destination is with it though. Thank you for your kind words.
Crossing over to the Berry islands from Bimini is a lot easier on the Bahama Bank...of course it will depend on winds. We've gone that way several times on our way to the Abacos. Water is around 12 to 15 feet deep most all the way to Great Harbour. Of course my comments come too late. Enjoy the Bahamas.
This is the only problem with the rangers vs trawler yeah you can trailer but no ac on a miserable and rough crossing. Can you add a genset to those and a watermaker?
We do have a generator and we are looking at purchasing a water maker this year so we can go to more remote areas for a longer time.
How often do you flush your engine during your multiple months of exploring the Bahamas? Can you flush your engine at anchor from your boats fresh water supply?
We only flush our engine five or six times during the entire winter. We just don’t have access to that much freshwater. I know it’s not ideal, but these are the kind of things you have to accept when living at C for a long time in remote areas. We do know people that do not flush their engines and they get six years out of it. Not easy to accept, but when we are up north on Georgian Bay it’s continually in freshwater and possibly flushes all the salt out at that time we will be changing our thermostats in the engine, the spring coming up
The fruit name is "Mamey"
@@rudyhdez1212 thanks Rudy . I’ve never seen it at the supermarket
@@expeditionseanest they get eaten, as soon as they're ripe. I only get them from my trees or a neighbor gives me one. If someone gave you one then it is a gift. I don't think they have a long shelf life.
Curious number of days or percentage of gunkholing vs marinas while in Bahamas?
@@expeditionseanestthanks , enjoy your videos. We will be doing North Channel summer 25 and will be going down to SW side of Florida over to Marathon and maybe up to Cape Cod in our R29CB this spring. If you get a chance look at spending some time and trailer over to Munising and Lake Superior south side and experience Pictured Rocks, our home port.
Hi Steve, for the entire winter almost 100 days we only spend about nine or ten days at a marina.
Should of put the Jerry cans down one of the front hatches
We considered that, but we were taking spray over the bowel and we did not want salt water in our beds. Also, the Jerry cans will not fit through the hatches.
Name of the fruit is Mamey a delicious fruit
Thanks
This is mamey
Try it with milk sugar and ice and make a milkshake
That sounds amazing! thank you .
If you want to keep the fuel cans on the bow for weight distribution build a frame that attached to handrail with either tubing or fiberglass rails that allows you to use multiple straps to hold them.
Might be worth the investment of a couple more fans for air movement.
Good tips, thanks!
iTS Called Mamey
Thank you, James.
Not to be the master of the obvious here, but unless you are tied to a 2 week vacation, it would have been better to wait. At least find weather going with you, so that you aren't pounding into it like that. We are in Bimini now. Where are you?
do you cross with buddy boats or solo?
Only once have we buddy boated. It was from the Berry Islands to new Providence. They had a much bigger boat than ours and wanted to leave in not perfect conditions because they had to meet someone at the airport in Nassau. We shouldn’t have gone. For now on we just go by ourselves. We can pick the weather we like and take our time. It is definitely safer to go with a buddy boat, but we have done it so many times now that we feel safe.
Why are you moving when trying to get the water containers. At least turn the boat around and go down sea!
Thats not a tiny boat to Bimini..
Actually, during the winter months and this is our second winter in the Bahamas. We have been through the entire chain of Exuma Islands, the entire chain of Berry Islands and we have been thru the entire length of Eleuthera’s. We have only seen one boat that was a bit smaller than ours and it was only there for three days and it was back to Florida. in Bimini we have been there 4 times and saw no boats that were our size. Everything is in the 30 foot range or bigger. now if you wanna talk about the summertime when you have weeks of calm conditions, you can see seadoo’s, bow riders and ever type of small boat.