On the way back to Bimini from this year's trip to the Exumas, Corrie and I decided to try a new route by cutting through the center of Andros. So instead of heading up through the Exuma Cays toward Nassau, we left Staniel Cay and went directly across to South Andros where we stayed one night at the new Caerula Mar Club. The next day we left Driggs Hill Government Basin dock and started toward the North Bight. Andros has three bights that divide the island and consist of a maze of islands and extremely shallow water. Everyone I spoke with before the trip said it was a crazy idea and the locals had genuine concern on their faces when I said I was crossing the bight and heading up the West Side of Andros to Bimini. We decided to go anyway. Our voyage across the island and up to Bimini began that afternoon when high tide gave us our 2 foot of draft depth. We used the drone to help navigate and find deep water and successfully completed the 30 mile Andros crossing in about 2.5 hours.
