Florida → Bahamas
The most consequential fifty miles in American boating — and the four destinations that wait on the other side.
There is a particular kind of passage that is short on the chart and long in the mind. The Florida-to-Bahamas crossing is one of them.
In fewer than fifty nautical miles, the world reorganises itself — the radio quiets, the water turns a colour the eye does not entirely believe, and the boat begins to feel like a different vessel on a different errand. Those fifty miles sit inside the Gulf Stream, a current the size of a continent's edge, pushing north at two to four knots. The difference between an easy crossing and a hard one is almost never the boat. It is the captain's discipline before casting off — and most of it is decided in the seventy-two hours before departure.
What's inside the guide- Reading the Gulf Stream — set, drift, and the wind-against-current condition that decides everything
- The perfect window, the boating calendar, and the forecast tools captains actually trust
- The three routes to Bimini, the Berries and Nassau — with a full corridor map
- Four destinations — marinas, anchorages, rates and max LOA
- Documentation, fuel-price reference, and the complete 48-hour checklist
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