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Posted By: Nickens, Dan
Date Posted: Feb 14, 2019
Description: “Support another yacht in the Bahamas with a SeaRey? Sure!”

There’s a lot that I didn’t know when I joined up with this new outfit. Starting with the fact that the support SeaRey was sitting in Houston. Adding the fact that it wasn’t one yacht, it was five. Piling on was the fact that there was a wedding involved. Topping it all off with the fact that I’d need to carry and acquire everything needed to support the operation for the duration because the new yacht was no aircraft carrier like SuRi.

Still, who could resist having a SeaRey to fly in the Bahamas?

Not I.
Date Taken: Dec 29, 2018
Place Taken: Compass Cay, Exumas, Bahamas
Owner: Nickens, Dan
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Category: Yacht Tending Exumas 2019
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Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Naturally there was weather to contend with relocating from Houston, waiting for a cold front to blow through, then flying through the brisk wind and residual clouds of its passing. The Gulf off Panama City, FL

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Turns out there was sunshine hiding behind the broken clouds. The Gulf off of Mexico Beach, FL.

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Getting back to the familiar comforts of Florida waters, a splash in the Suwanee River would relieve any residual stress from the formerly cloudy skies.

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    A gentle reminder of not to get too comfortable even in familiar waters.

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    The usual struggle of papering through bureaucratic hurdles and traversing serious airspace made arriving in the Exumas all the sweeter. (Here’s a hint: ignore any agent who says you can breeze through the international airport at Nassau during the holidays! The airport was frantic with heavy jets and helicopters and commuters and no place for relaxed SeaReying.)

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Despite the brisk wind, shallow tongues of sand suggested there could be some SeaRey suitable water in the neighborhood. I was looking forward to a week of exploring it in detail.

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    First I had to find the boats. There were five of them, so how hard could that be? Turns out the Christmas and New Year’s holiday is an excuse for every recreational mariner on the east coast of North America to flee to the Exuma chain. Fortunately, I had good GPS coordinates and found four of the five pretty handily. (Actually there were five, but getting them all in a quickly snapped shot proved too burdensome.)

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Finding a spot that wasn’t so rough but that was reasonably assessible by yacht tender was a bit of challenge. Water out by the yachts was way too rugged for fun SeaReying. I found some sand by a channel, however, that looked reasonably accessible to tenders and went ashore. I expected accolades from my seafaring mates for choosing a location easing their burdens. Sadly, my excellent choice was never acknowledged or even seen by them.

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    It was edgy parking with tides and currents nearby. The sand was nothing more than soft crushed coral, easily burying SeaRey tires. Still, my selected spot was a reasonable compromise between flatter water and the wild waves where the yachts lay.

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    No customers? After buzzing the boats like a barnstormer of old to drum up business all I could do was go ashore and wait.

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    This is where my customers went, distracted by wedding. In a case of bad timing I arrived when the wedding was underway. It had been planned for a sandspit, but the planner was no seafarer. Who knew that high tide would cover the wedding spot? Not the clueless wedding planner. And I couldn’t wait all day. I could only fly during daylight hours in the Bahamas and my overnight accommodations were an hour away. I went out with the tide.

    
  
Wayne Nagy - Feb 13,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Beautiful Dan. The fastest customs that I have found in the Bahamas is Congo Town , S. Andros.
The pluses...fast friendly customs...on the way to Exumas
Minus...no avgas...but car gas about 1/2 mile from the airport. 		    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 14,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Customs and other considerations were fine at Freeport too, Wayne. (LoA for LSA and off-airport ops were pre-arranged by Carribean
Air Tours.) I cleared there and found a funky hotel because I got a late start. The next day I was directed to Nassau to meet up
with the helicopter for coordinating operations. That’s the kind of thing that can happen when you don’t have the luxury of flying
your own SeaRey! 		    
  
Steve Kessinger - Feb 14,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Dear Dan,

Here's a pic of the trucks clearing snow and ice from in front of my hangar yesterday. Thanks for warming me up!!! 		     Attachments:  

KBVS Snow (1)
KBVS Snow (1)

    
  
Nickens, Dan - Feb 14,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    It looks white and soft just like Bahamian sand, Steve, and you don't even have to leave the hangar to see it!     
  
Dave Edward - Feb 14,2019   Viewers  | Reply
    Once again, you spin a wonderful travelogue. Hope you have a chance to show the guests that great scenery from the air.
Have fun you lucky bugger. 		    


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