2024 Bahamas Trip Numbers
For those who like numbers
Trip duration 85 days 5 hours
Total NM traveled 1,277
Day in Marina/wall/boat-yard 27
Day at anchor 58
Total time underway 234 hours 56 minutes
Top speed 15.2 knots — conditions wind 30ish, waves aft of the stb beam 12 footers
Longest NM day 86.33. Shortest NM day 3.99
Longest time underway 14 hours-Shortest time underway 1hr
What did we break?
Generator relay $16
GPS AIS data sender $120
Port engine head, head gasket, valves, injectors, heat exchanger, mixing elbow, bits and bobs $$$$$$$
Admiral & Vice Admiral did 61 days (wow)- they have now cross the GS 8 times, the Bahamas banks 5 times and the crossing from Spanish Wells and the Abacos 2 times.
Favorite island — hard to say but Long Island and Egg Island stands out.
Weather — well this was a challenging year— fronts with gust to 35 (light gale) 7. We had 5 in the Bahamas and 2 back in the US. We had one that caught us in Norman Cay anchor with a lee shore (the beach) 315 yards away it topped out at 38knots. All the other we found hidding places or marina.
That sums it up. Cheers