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Our First BIG Crossing Back — Sailing USA to the Bahamas!| VLOG 288 0
29 June 2025 · 17 min · 10K views · Florida Straits
What this video covers
The crew of the 40-ft catamaran Sunday departs West Palm Beach, Florida, at 03:30 for a 170-nautical-mile passage to the Bahamas.0:18 The vessel travels in a convoy with other boats, motoring through dead-calm conditions across the Gulf Stream.1:37 The crew reports a 3.5-knot current pushing the vessel northward during the transit.3:00 They plan to enter the Bahama Banks via Memory Rock, a passage near West End, before continuing toward Marsh Harbor in the Abacos.2:45 Throughout the trip, the crew manages engine hours, noting 2,751 hours on the current engine, and attempts to fish using a hand line with a bungee cord shock absorber.7:03 The group catches several barracuda, which they choose not to keep, eventually pulling in all fishing lines to avoid further mess.12:34 The passage concludes with the crew arriving at the Bahama Banks in calm, shallow water.16:26
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