Sunday, May 9, 2021

BY THE NUMBERS 2021

We like this post for us because we refer back to the previous years for reference. We hope everyone else may find it interesting in some of the numbers.

65    

Nights in the Bahamas (we have water in our lower unit of our outboard on dinghy). More time to get hurricane ready.

8   

Lunches out at restaurants/outdoor patios


Psst... see in the background at Big Game Marina? Empty! No crowds, no people. 


47  

Hours on our generator (we have solar!) 

300

U.S. Dollars for our Bahamas cruising permit, includes our fishing license

275

Yards of fishing line lost in the Tongue of the Ocean. Who knows what fish we missed.

13

Novels read by Shannon (soft cover books)

126

Hours on the engines

1

Water pump replacement for our outboard motor

29

Chicken thighs eaten, mmmmm.

14

Nights in a marina (9 in Bimini on our return waiting for a weather window)

0

Mahi Mahi caught this year (but we ate a lobster given to us as a gift)



12.5 kw hour 925 amp hour

Solar maximum day 

126

Engine hours

1

Water pump replacement for fresh water system replaced (i.e.... showers)

11

Microgreens grown in little trays or bags




1

Phone dropped in the water in Key Biscayne, very dramatic for Shannon, no phone in the Bahamas for her. 

26

Feet deep just before the Tongue of Ocean which drops to over 1000 feet, we saw tons of fish. We wished we had a line out at that time.



6

Star Fish that Shannon rescued at low tide. Threw back into the blue waters.



12

Cans of clams bought on Amazon. We bought a lot of food this way.

1

Barracuda caught and lost. Thank goodness, it was too big to eat. (not safe)

5

Boaters we met down there from our Marina in Florida .....(coincidence, so cool)

1642

Was a depth in the Tongue of Ocean. Took a photo just before. Most times depth sounder can't read over at this depth.



“I’m sorry for what I said while docking the boat.”

This is a popular saying with boaters !