k9medic
Senior Member
I'll be headed across the gulfstream on 3/4 from Stuart if anybody is looking for a buddy boat.
Well how did it all go?
I forgot I posted this thread.
Crossing was great.
I convinced my buddy to drive my 19' boat behind us as we headed out of Stuart. We got underway around 0530 and immediately found ourselves in really thick fog. It took a bit to poke out of the inlet but once in open water with a little sunrise, I jumped up on plane making about 17kts and the seas were a steady 4'. The whole time, my buddy was trailing behind me in a boat that had a 1993 Evinrude!
Once we got on the banks we thought the seas would settle down a bit but they didn't. It was crazy trying to link the little boat back up to the big one on the tow rope but we made it happen.
The rest of the trip past Great Sale was smooth and we made it into GTC around 2030.
I have a 15' AB DLX RIB with a 60HP four stroke Yamaha that is a beaut to run, cruises at ~ 34MPH with two on board. We would love to take it to the Bahamas. It is too heavy for my davit though so I would have to tow it. Not keen on that.
Thought about upgrading the davit set up, but on the fence about that.