Hi - Chub Key charges you a minimum $100, which you can put against your
dockage. Not a chance in hell will I ever pay that kind of dockage for a 34
foot boat and NOT for the 'privilege' of checking in. My experience in Bimini
last winter was not at all similar to yours, starting with my docking at the
town pier. Susan stayed on the boat while I walked around the building to
Immigration and Customs.
I arrived while the immigration folk were at lunch - so I went back to the boat
and hung out for a half hour, until they returned. They were hugely polite,
gave me 60 days after I said I would be there for about six weeks and I'm
certain that, had I asked, they would have granted 90. No one came to my boat,
they simply took me at my word - plus they posed for a photo with me at the
entrance to the office with the sign above us!
It sounds like you're saying that you must stay on board until contacted - that
isn't quite true - the Captain or owner may leave the boat to go to Immigration
and customs, but no one else.
We found the locals to be nice people, although some of course were a bit of a
nuisance - begging, etc. but that has happened to me in Elizabeth City, when a
homeless guy took my lines and wanted money for it - and another came to my
table in a restaurant, begging money. We did do a couple of nights at the Blue
Water, but mostly anchored out - however, because we had made use of their
facility, they had no problem with us tieing up the dinghy there, or using
their shower. The cost was $30 tho, not $15, but worth it for what we got. Wifi
is no longer free at the Big Game resort, but the place beside Blue Water was -
BW had a small charge, don't remember what it was.
The most troubling thing about Bimini? That the locals were selling lobster
well under legal size - thus depleting the stock in the long run. Most
interesting, besides the house built of items thrown away (and its owner) was
the white sargeant of police, Michael, who hailed from....Toronto.
Wally
s/v Gypsy Wind
still in Solomons, still with near gale force winds, still planning on getting
out of here in the morning....
We checked in at Bimini and if you can avoid going there I would suggest
that.
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