Atlantis Adventures

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 (Day 12)

It seemed good to sleep in and relax for the morning before heading off to explore the Atlantis Aquarium (The Dig).  Although Atlantis has the largest aquarium in the world (so claimed) it only took us a couple of hours to visit it.  From the advertisements one would think of the largest Aquarium as much like a huge museum but in reality this aquarium spreads throughout Atlantis and is fun to watch from many different venues in the facility, it is not museum like.  After enjoying watching the large variety of fish, sharks, rays, etc. we headed back to the boats for lunch. 

In the afternoon, John H., Tracey, Bill and Debbie headed off to the River Ride.  This was a fun, relaxing afternoon of riding on tubes through a river-like waterway with waves and rapids.  We even did the "power" river which took us through a tube in the dark, with rapids and dropped us a total of about 200 feet. 

In the evening we cooked on the grill on the boat and watched the boats go by in the harbor which is easily viewed right behind our boats. 

The weather has been great for enjoying Atlantis but it does not look good for us to move for the next few days.  The forecast is still 7-9 foot seas in the Highbourne area of the Exuma's which is our next intended stop over. 
 

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 (Day 11)

Everyone was up “fairly” early once again to make the trip across the Tongue of the Ocean to Atlantis.  Atlantis is on Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas.  This was a very long, bumpy 40 NM for Afterwires and The Maine Event.  Marlin Striker led the way with Stocks & Blondes second, followed by Afterwires and The Maine Event.  Marlin Striker and Stocks & Blondes acted as the "snow" plows for the others who followed very closely in our prop wash.    The seas were a solid 4-5 feet with an occasional 6-7 footer quartering on the port bow.  Everyone did a great job of staying in a very tight formation all the way across the Tongue and into Nassau Harbour. 

Departed Chub Cay – 7:30 AM Notice the departures are getting later each day. Arrived – Hurricane Hole Marina, Nassau – 10:34 AM
Traveled Today – 3 hours and 12 minutes
Average Speed Today – 13.1 knots (even for The Maine Event)
Seas – 4-6 feet
Winds – ESE 15 -20
Temperature – 91 degrees
Total Distance Traveled Today – 39.8 NM
Total Trip Time Traveled – 28 hours and 40 minutes
 Average Speed – 12.4 knots

It was a little after noon by the time everyone completed registration so then it was time for lunch on the boats and a short afternoon rest before we all headed off to explore Atlantis.  John H. had been here before so he led the way and exhausted all of the rest of us as we walked for what seemed like miles.   In the end, we found a Steak House for dinner which delighted Bill.  Then it was off to bed early as everyone was exhausted from the days’ events.