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.
The fruit is called Mamey Colorao which means Red Mamey. In other parts of the Caribbean it is called Zapote. It is a very good fruit for making smoothies or Batido de Mamey which means Mamey Milkshake. I love the flavor.
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!
Put a line on those water containers, and toss them in. Drag them in from stern. Saw a guy moving plastic 55 gal drums, about 5 of them, with a skiff up in BC, one time. They will float.
I'm 67 years young, sail alone, and enjoy watching other youngsters boating. This is a bad time to make the crossing. Winds are coming from the N-NE against the current which will cause waves, etc. Glad to see you wear a tether when moving around topside! Great video! I am looking forward to your next one!
Yes, I feel for you. But once there……………….nice! I made this trip probably over a hundred times over the years. The first few dozen were in my 26’ sailboat with an 8 hp outboard! And it was usually a motor boat ride with country winds like you had. It would typically take us about 12+ hrs. Leave at midnight and arrive abound noon. Just to be safe and get there with plenty of light. Nice boat BTW.
@@belowfray5251 Well… Shackleton, Franklin and any other explorers certainly endured unthinkable hardships and trauma - we know our experiences are laughable in comparison. But we hope that sharing our little experiences can inspire the average cruiser to have an adventure within their comfort zone!
If it was out of the south, it probably would’ve been a great sale, but the wind was out of the east and was for that entire week. The sailboats that were sitting in Miami are still sitting in Miami. As we know, sailboats cannot sail directly into the wind.
We crossed to the Bahamas during the winter months. This is not the summer months if you are familiar with the winters in Florida and the Bahamas it is nonstop fronts. once the one front is through the next one comes in. You have to make your move when you can or you’re going to get stuck in Miami for 2 to 3 weeks. We have talked to many sailors who have been stuck in Miami for a month waiting for the perfect weather window.😢
The air conditioning takes water from the ocean and extracts the cold from it. because there are air bubbles underneath the boat when we’re in big waves, the air conditioning cannot take in a continual flow of water. It does work in calmer conditions or when at anchor.
@@expeditionseanestI know how it works, I have multiple boats with AC. Something must be wrong with yours, I have been in far rougher water and have never had an issue with any of them working. Try purging your sea strainer. Even on my center console at 70mph, the AC still works fine.
A southeast wind is way better than a north wind for crossing. Four foot swells in the Florida Current (a.k.a Gulfstream) is actually not bad. A northern wind gives you steep, shorter waves which are more punishing. You want to avoid crossing with a north wind (unless you're in a sailboat race and that's the hand you were dealt).
The RF 246 is a very tender boat and would not do well on a trip like that. They are a nice looking boat on the outside and they do cut the waves, but they have very little dead rise at the stern meaning they would ride extremely rough in conditions like that. We have friends on Georgian Bay that own that exact boat and they have sailed to the Bahamas before, but they would never take the rosborough there. but it is a very good boat for Georgian Bay.
@@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.
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.
is the hurricane hole you mention that is North of No Name that spot in front of what called "hobie beach" or the marine stadium ? sorry to hear about your backs .. i picked up surfing late in life and experienced same - like someone else posted .. work the core hard and stay flexible. nice videos.
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?
@@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.
@@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.
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
Six years? But you are thinking a longer time for yours right? Considering only in the salt part time?.We have been looking at ranger tugs for years. Going to get one someday
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.
Hi Fred, I hope not. My wife and I are used to harsh conditions. We are polar bear guides in the Arctic. A couple of rough days doesn’t do much to us. But I am thinking by the time I’m 75. I don’t think I wanna do that anymore.
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 we were to stop the boat in those conditions, the waves would’ve spun our boat and we would’ve been beaten badly. You have to keep your boat under power if you want some stability. That’s a good idea to turn the boat around and go down wind. Unfortunately, to get to that point we would have the broad boat to those waves and that wouldn’t have been comfortable.
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.
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?
We had been waiting for almost 2 weeks in Key Largo for a weather window. Then we went up to Miami to jump across, when we got to Bimini. We spent another week there before we got another weather window to go over to the Berry Islands. There is no way I’m going to spend another week sitting in Miami. I would rather have a sore back in the Bahamas.😅
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.
Lack of experience is what i see here !! First off all Who makes a crossing from Miami to Bimini this time of the year with multiple cold fronts that are typical this time of year..With that said south Florida has had 15 20 to 30knot winds for the last 10 days??? With a boat that size that's for spring and summer time crossings!!
I have a lifetime of experience we just don’t have the common sense. Ha ha. We only have the winters off, so that’s our only choice. But I guess that’s why a lot of people do the inshore cruising. But I’m glad you recognize that it can be serious. I get some of the viewers that watch TH-cam and they think a lot of the small boat cruising is done in the winter, but they don’t realize that it’s all summertime video that’s being aired in the winter.
Nothing but 100% RESPECT!
@@Pharm_NYC Thanks Pharm!
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 .
The fruit is called Mamey Colorao which means Red Mamey. In other parts of the Caribbean it is called Zapote. It is a very good fruit for making smoothies or Batido de Mamey which means Mamey Milkshake. I love the flavor.
@@pajaroloco52 that is great information, thank you loco!
Mamey makes the best smoothy 🎉 6:23
Great job!
@@scottanderson7654 thanks Scott! Kind of you to take
The time to leave such a nice comment.
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.
Put a line on those water containers, and toss them in. Drag them in from stern. Saw a guy moving plastic 55 gal drums, about 5 of them, with a skiff up in BC, one time. They will float.
There you go, that’s a good idea.
I'm 67 years young, sail alone, and enjoy watching other youngsters boating. This is a bad time to make the crossing. Winds are coming from the N-NE against the current which will cause waves, etc. Glad to see you wear a tether when moving around topside! Great video! I am looking forward to your next one!
@@Louis.BouzonThanks Louis! We only make the crossing when there is a southerly component to the wind.
It is called mamey, if u make a shake with it with condensed milk it is the best ever
That sounds delicious Frank - Thank you !
Yes Mamey is the best milk shaker you can drink give it a try 👍
That sounds amazing, thank you!
Yes, I feel for you. But once there……………….nice! I made this trip probably over a hundred times over the years. The first few dozen were in my 26’ sailboat with an 8 hp outboard! And it was usually a motor boat ride with country winds like you had. It would typically take us about 12+ hrs. Leave at midnight and arrive abound noon. Just to be safe and get there with plenty of light. Nice boat BTW.
@@roadboat9216 wow RB you have a lot of experience! All the best to you
Think how Shackelton and crew must have felt😮
@@belowfray5251 Well…
Shackleton, Franklin and any other explorers certainly endured unthinkable hardships and trauma - we know our experiences are laughable in comparison. But we hope that sharing our little experiences can inspire the average cruiser to have an adventure within their comfort zone!
Sounds like it be a great sailing day for a well found sailboat.
If it was out of the south, it probably would’ve been a great sale, but the wind was out of the east and was for that entire week. The sailboats that were sitting in Miami are still sitting in Miami. As we know, sailboats cannot sail directly into the wind.
That looked good to me . The Gulf stream can get huge ! If you think that was bad you should probably stay inshore.
exactly. It was pretty much calm.
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!
What speed do you cruise at?
This would all depend on the sea state. 5 kn in rough conditions 7 kn in better conditions and sometimes we run on plane.
That fruit is called Mamey in the Caribbean, also called zapote in Mexico
@@edwardcrewsrealtor869 thank you Edward . I’ve never seen them at the market.
grew up doing this crossing with J 24's. sounds like pour choice of weather window..
We crossed to the Bahamas during the winter months. This is not the summer months if you are familiar with the winters in Florida and the Bahamas it is nonstop fronts. once the one front is through the next one comes in. You have to make your move when you can or you’re going to get stuck in Miami for 2 to 3 weeks. We have talked to many sailors who have been stuck in Miami for a month waiting for the perfect weather window.😢
Ok you answered the question as soon as I asked
Why aren’t you running your generator and AC?
The air conditioning takes water from the ocean and extracts the cold from it. because there are air bubbles underneath the boat when we’re in big waves, the air conditioning cannot take in a continual flow of water. It does work in calmer conditions or when at anchor.
@@expeditionseanestI know how it works, I have multiple boats with AC. Something must be wrong with yours, I have been in far rougher water and have never had an issue with any of them working.
Try purging your sea strainer. Even on my center console at 70mph, the AC still works fine.
A southeast wind is way better than a north wind for crossing. Four foot swells in the Florida Current (a.k.a Gulfstream) is actually not bad. A northern wind gives you steep, shorter waves which are more punishing. You want to avoid crossing with a north wind (unless you're in a sailboat race and that's the hand you were dealt).
The most expensive fruit in Spanish supermarkets! Mamey 👍😂😊
Interesting! Thanks for the comment .
Time for a bigger boat.
Yes, but then we can’t trailer it. If we can’t trailer it then we can’t cruise Georgian Bay in the summer and we love to do that.
Not as many frills as a Ranger but the Rosborough RF-246 has a much smoother big water ride.
The RF 246 is a very tender boat and would not do well on a trip like that. They are a nice looking boat on the outside and they do cut the waves, but they have very little dead rise at the stern meaning they would ride extremely rough in conditions like that. We have friends on Georgian Bay that own that exact boat and they have sailed to the Bahamas before, but they would never take the rosborough there. but it is a very good boat for Georgian Bay.
It could be a meridol papaya
I have had a few responses and many call it a fruit called Mamey
Mamey sapote. I live in Costa Rica and that fruit is common, down here. Delicious!
Thank you, we enjoyed the fruit
didyou guys install that radar and auto pilot or have somebody do it?
Hi DAVE, I installed the radar myself. But I had someone else install the auto pilot you can see that on the earlier episode.
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.
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.
is the hurricane hole you mention that is North of No Name that spot in front of what called "hobie beach" or the marine stadium ? sorry to hear about your backs .. i picked up surfing late in life and experienced same - like someone else posted .. work the core hard and stay flexible. nice videos.
Amazing that woman sticks it out with you. Maybe you should consider a "land yacht" instead.
She’s a tough cookie, I agree. But my wife is an Arctic polar bear guide, this is nothing compared to that!😂
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.
Why didn't you cut the engine and take Gerry cans inside?
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.
Popular milk shake flavor in the Caribbean
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.
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
Tie a line on those water containers and let them float to the stern and then pickup!
Six years? But you are thinking a longer time for yours right? Considering only in the salt part time?.We have been looking at ranger tugs for years. Going to get one someday
Mamey Sapote, related to the Sapodilla
@@petersonscay thank you Peter! I feel like we are the only people who did not know this fruit!
You're slamming into wind and seas - you're rushing and didn't wait for weather
You are right. But it was another week before we got another window. We knew it was going to be rough, but we did not want to sit in Miami for a week.
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.
The name is MAMEY
No A/C on that beautiful Boat?🥵
Oh just heard your explanation on the A/C 😳
No point in rushing. Ever..
Very true ! We totally agree, and as Michael said in the video- if it was really bad , we would turn around. It was uncomfortable , but manageable.
Get a bean bag. Really smooths things out.
Hi Greg, yes, a beanbag and a stiff drink😂
Mamey
@@AbigailGraceFundora thanks Abigail! We appreciate that
Never use a round line for a jack-line
Why?
Name of the fruit is Mamey a delicious fruit
Thanks
After a couple of times it will grow old.....
Hi Fred, I hope not. My wife and I are used to harsh conditions. We are polar bear guides in the Arctic. A couple of rough days doesn’t do much to us. But I am thinking by the time I’m 75. I don’t think I wanna do that anymore.
That’s not a small boat , a friend if mine and myself went from west palm beach to walkers cay Bahamas in a 20 foot center console mako with one motor
Is the cuban s favor MAMEY THE PROPERTIES ARE EXELENTS ENJOY IT.
Thank you so much Robert
What size is your Ranger?
@@loudog9153 R25
This is mamey
Try it with milk sugar and ice and make a milkshake
That sounds amazing! thank you .
How "tiny" is your boat? This is a very serious question.
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.
iTS Called Mamey
Thank you, James.
Why are you moving when trying to get the water containers. At least turn the boat around and go down sea!
If we were to stop the boat in those conditions, the waves would’ve spun our boat and we would’ve been beaten badly. You have to keep your boat under power if you want some stability. That’s a good idea to turn the boat around and go down wind. Unfortunately, to get to that point we would have the broad boat to those waves and that wouldn’t have been comfortable.
I’m from Kansas. We could almost sail across fields everyday. 😊
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.
Call it, Operation money dump
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?
We had been waiting for almost 2 weeks in Key Largo for a weather window. Then we went up to Miami to jump across, when we got to Bimini. We spent another week there before we got another weather window to go over to the Berry Islands. There is no way I’m going to spend another week sitting in Miami. I would rather have a sore back in the Bahamas.😅
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!
Lack of experience is what i see here !! First off all Who makes a crossing from Miami to Bimini this time of the year with multiple cold fronts that are typical this time of year..With that said south Florida has had 15 20 to 30knot winds for the last 10 days??? With a boat that size that's for spring and summer time crossings!!
I have a lifetime of experience we just don’t have the common sense. Ha ha. We only have the winters off, so that’s our only choice. But I guess that’s why a lot of people do the inshore cruising. But I’m glad you recognize that it can be serious. I get some of the viewers that watch TH-cam and they think a lot of the small boat cruising is done in the winter, but they don’t realize that it’s all summertime video that’s being aired in the winter.
Whats worse is those poor people are in what looks like a Brunswick Line of POS Boats??Janneau are the worst ..Mabe in France!
Mamey
thanks David
Mamey
got it thanks!