Bahamas Gathering 2012 - Updated '08 Thread

[Caymanboy]

I can change my schedule around a bit, to hit lobster season, I would probably catch up with you guys on the way back.
For the guys heading from the South, they may want to hit Bimini, then Lucaya put on fuel, run through the waterway, then on to either Grand or the backside of great Sale to Foxtown, I would have to check the distances, but I think that should put them at no more than 60nm a leg.
I don't know how green some people are, but it goes to say, where you are going, you either have what it takes to fix it yourself or a ton of money and time to have someone else do it, at half the quaility.
So, even with older engines and such, just make sure all your annual maintenence is done, and I mean everything, plugs, w/p, thermos, bilge pumps, filters.
I haven't had a problem buying bad gas or diesel over there, doesn't mean it can't happen.
As time gets closer we can do some better planning, but around there a good VHF, with an 8' ant is key, cell phones don't work so well away from main civilization.
Late July is good, even then, an hour or day can make a huge change in the weather, and a glass trip is much nicer (and shorter) than a choppy one, paitence and a good eye on the weather does pay.