Bimini Sands squall and winds

Woke up to a windy morning, but the squall line on the weather radar is still a couple hours away. A bunch of us sit on the wall in front of our boats, watching them bouncing around in the wind hitting them broadside.

The Peanut Gallery; Mark, Linda, Karen, Jo & Mark ("Truant")

Left leaning boats

White Caps ! in our protected basin

 Around 10:30 the squall line approaches and the wind and rain lets loose. Wind picks up to 45 knots and swings from south to west. Which is good for us since we are now facing these high winds. The squall passes within 20 minutes, leaving just the wind which drops to 35knots. 

Entrance to Bimini Sands

The skies lighten up and we have mixed sun and clouds for the afternoon. The waves braking on the western shore outside of Bimini Sands are quite impressive. I walked over to the beach in my best rain gear, Hat and Bathing suit, to take pictures. It was still blowing and sand from the beach was starting to pile up on the second story roof of the ocean facing condo. Even though it was not raining I was soaked from the salt water blowing off the waves. I was also well exfoliated from the sand blasting.

Sand on the roof

In the afternoon Linda did laundry and worked on a couple projects. I pulled out the sewing machine for Mark to repair his Bimini canvas which had a lot of stitching pull out under the high winds during the squall. Plan to leave early tomorrow for Great Harbor, so we go to bed earlier than usual.