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My name's Dave. I'm Lindsay. And we're Robalo owners. We have a Cayman 246.

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We seek adventure experiences that other people just might not have the luxury of

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having. We do this thing called the Robalo Bimini Bash and we go to the Bahamas

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every year in the summertime. And there's a lot of complications we're pertaining to

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customs and immigration, but it's all worth it once you're there.

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You know, on this trip, there's a couple milestones. One of them is just untying

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the dock lines. The other one is when you're crossing that gulf stream, you make it

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halfway across, and the final one is when you see Bimini on the horizon. And that's

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when you know you made it. And that's when all the hard work and effort really

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comes to fruition.

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A lot of people say that, well, the Florida Keys are just as accessible and they

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are, but the one thing that Bimini has that the Keys don't is that Bimini blue

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water. The Bahamas have some of the clearest, most beautiful water in the entire

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world. It's mind-blowing. I mean, to have this opportunity to go with friends,

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to do this crossing, it's once in a lifetime. And we get to do it every year.

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Bimini offers a lot of things, you know between fishing, snorkeling

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and scavenger hunts just looking for various wrecks or downed planes.

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One of the places that we love to go is Honeymoon Harbor. You can

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get off your boat and you can step into the water and there’s sharks and

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stingrays and all sorts of stuff swimming around you. Its just a wild experience.

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They’re just looking to see if you brought them anything to eat.

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Its kind of like a sandbar but a living aquarium at the same time.

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You know one of the fantastic things about our platform is a super shallow draft,

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a really wide beam and it can get you into

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the skinny areas where some of larger boats aren't able to go and

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they're missing out on those experiences. It's got the versatility that we can take

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it to the sandbar with our dog and let her have her best days and then we can

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take it 62 miles from florida down to Bimini and have our best days.

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We probably would never have considered taking our boat to the Bahamas had it not

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been for this Robalo owners group. Having that sense of safety and security when

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you're doing this type of a trip is priceless. It does give boat owners of smaller

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length vessels the opportunity to experience these just incredible places. If you're a

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first timer and you're on the fence, I'd say make it happen. You won't regret it.

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You know, a lot of people ask why we do this trip? Why do people climb mountains?

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because they're there.