This is a perfectly fine rendezvous event - I have attended some on the west coast and there was always a fee and a lot of fun - to be had - this is IMHO a good posting and as good a reason to go to the Bahamas - included are events and food so this all works out well - - heck many people in this forum are either buying or selling their cat - so this group has grown way beyond the CAT OWNERS.
Maybe once I get through the canal I'll attend it next year .
What I have a personal pet peeve with is the EXORBITANT 300 USD Bahamas clearing in fee ( no in and out either ) for vessels of 35' - It's time to start yelling at that - especially since the accuracy of Bahamian chart is less than 5% - if you charge THAT much you need to do some surveying - and with over 60,000 private vessels go to the Bahamas each year - that's 18 MILLION in fees - and no decent charts to show for - that's just not a good balance in the risk / reward equation
Ok off my soap box
Dietmar Petutschnig?
USCG 100T Captain & RNZ Yachmaster Ocean
SV Carinthia L440
withthe PanamaPosse 2017-2018
Currently holed up in? San Juan del Sur - Nicaragua with 10 to 1 scope - with some nasty Papagayos
