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We Made It to the Bahamas… And Immediately Hit the Bottom 😳 Ep-178
May 28, 2025 · 20 min · 52K views · The Bahamas
What this video covers
A couple sailing a boat with a 2-meter draft navigates the shallow, poorly charted waters of the Ragged Islands, Bahamas, after a 24-hour passage from Inagua. During the transit, the crew encounters 27-knot gusts and significant swell, forcing them to reef heavily and rely on an autopilot that struggles in following seas.5:35 Upon arrival, they find the initial anchorage untenable due to wind shifts and swell, necessitating a move to a secondary location at high tide to gain an extra 0.5 meters of depth.11:35 The crew later attempts to enter a restricted, shallow cut between Little Ragged Island and Ragged Island by following a boat with a centerboard, but they run aground on sandbars despite having verified their depth sounder's offset with a manual measurement.15:03 The depth sounder consistently reads inaccurately in these conditions, showing 0.00 meters while the boat still has minimal clearance.15:31 They eventually retreat to a deeper, albeit rolly, anchorage after confirming the passage is impassable for their draft.19:34
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