Days 51 & 52:

Brown’s Marina, North Bimini to Bimini Cove, South Bimini (docked)

March 6 & 7, 2022

The wind-driven waves slapping on our hull kept us from getting any real sleep for days. I tried to sleep on the settee in the main salon (it’s narrow and I just fit the length of it). In an effort to reduce the sound around his head, John slept in our bed but with his feet where our heads normally go. We both took over-the-counter meds to get some sleep.

The lack of sleep was wearing us down.

We knew that another marina is a lot more protected than Brown’s Marina. We dinghied there last week but couldn’t get the internet to work correctly with our hotspot. Since we have reconfigured out devices we thought we might check out the protected marina one more time, especially since another blow – with winds forecast to be 40 mph – is coming this weekend.

We took the ferry to South Bimini (it’s maybe 150 yards across the channel) and checked the wifi. With our new configuration (using an old cell phone) we have enough bandwidth for me to work for the next few days.

With our marina neighbors’ help this morning we left Brown’s Marina and motored over to Bimini Cove. The wind and waves died down enough close to the island for us to head over today.

Bimini Cove is a condo complex with a marina inside of it. It’s being rebuilt but has plenty of spaces. As we came in, other boaters helped us dock. We even had lunch here with another boating couple.

One of the cooler things: there’s an oceanfront infinity pool.

We will be here for maybe a week – I have to work and then we need to wait out some nasty weather. We are hoping for another weather window so we can head east to the Berry Islands, another island chain in the Bahamas.