The charter company from whom we rented the Tartan 37 we used for our trips required a night crossing to Bimini (arriving in the morning) because of the weird dog-leg entrance there, and the desire to see what the heck we were going to run into in the daylight… :^) So we went out for a nice dinner the night before, hit the Publix store to provision at 10pm and left at midnight. We could just start to see the tops of palm trees and the tower at daybreak; by the time the sun was fully up, we were approaching the entrance channel and had good visibility.
So even in the days of GPS, as far as I’m concerned it’s still a good idea to NOT enter an unfamiliar harbor at night. :^) Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote: > And when you leave Florida for Bimini or the Banks, leaving at night allows > you to pick up the lights on the big radio tower on Bimini so you know how > far you got pushed by the stream and then when you get there the sun is up so > you can make your way in. > I guess I'm dating myself as that isn't necessary in these days of GPS and > plotters. > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine
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